The following are the years from 1800 to 2100 in which February has no
full moon. This is taken from Meeus's book.
180919152018
184719342037
186619612067
188519992094
Jim
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Mark Wrigley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not quite true.
Last month Australia had a full moon at about 2am on Feb 1.
In Europe it was still January.
Quite so. Meeus (careful calculator that he is) explicitly notes his
use of UT (and the dependence of such a calculation on the time zone).
The
Not quite true.
Last month Australia had a full moon at about 2am on Feb 1.
In Europe it was still January.
From: Jim_Cobb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Jim Cobb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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CC: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: A tad off topic?
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:44:47
Jean Meeus's book Mathematical Astronomy Morsels
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0943396514/o/qid=921164695/sr=2-1/002-5697572-2293064
lists months over a period of about two hundred years which are
missing a lunar phase. I believe it lists 1961 as the previous year
(before this one)
This can't be true since February 1999 also didn't have a full moon. In
addition since both the calander and the lunar cycle are periodic there must
be repetition at some point.
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Hmmm, hope I don't incur too much wrath over another moon question but I
heard the other
