Moonrise with the Times

IN Media Watch Briefs | 27/07/2009

The sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening and the moon comes into view when or much after the sun sets. But not for the Times of India, which has for months been listing the moonrise at, for instance in its July 23, 2009 edition at"Friday: 0822 hrs" and "Moonset: Thursday 2024 hrs". It ought to be the other way round, the moonrise on Thursday and the moonset the next day. This has been seen in the Hyderabad edition as well. This serious lapse has not been noticed or may be the Times thinks it can control even celestial objects.

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