Major Lunar Standstill 2024 News. A hypothesis has been around for 60 years that part of stonehenge aligns with moonrise and moonset at what. Because the greatest monthly excursion of the moon changes very little.

With the onset of this new major lunar standstill, the researchers plan to observe these potential alignments, two of which should occur every month from. A major lunar standstill occurs every 18.6 years, when the moon rises and sets at a more northerly and southerly place along the horizon than usual, according to a.