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Re: moon visible by day...


Subject: Re: moon visible by day...
From: Pierre Boucher (pboucher@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Feb 06 2001 - 23:07:39 EST


At 11:57 06-02-01 +0100, Jan Bruggeman wrote:

>The day (24 h) is (used to be) divided into 4 "quarters", 2 for day (first
>and last) and 2 for the night (also called first and last).

This means that the start of the day is 0600 and the start of the night is
1800. Wright ?

>a first quarter moon is visible during the "last quarter" of the day and the
>"first quarter" of the night, hence it's name.

In my part of the planet:
The FQ was February the 1st.
The MR was at 11:12
The MS was at 00:18 on the 9th

>a full moon is visible during both first and last quarter of the night.

The FM is February the 8th.
The MR will be at 17:48 EST (22:48 UT)
The MS will be at 07:38 EST on the 9th (12:38 UT)

>a last quarter moon is visible during the last quarter of the night, and the
>first quarter of the day, hence it's name.

The LQ will be on February the 14th
The MR will be at 00:03
The MS will be at 10:34

>a new moon is visible during both first and last quarter of the ... day!

The NM will be on February the 23th
The MR will be at 07:16
The MS will be at 17:54

>hope this helps,

close enough....

Pierre Boucher
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