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Re: N.A. Moon phases
From: Bill B
Date: 2004 Oct 28, 20:02 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2004 Oct 28, 20:02 -0500
> If I understand your question correctly yes on the 1st part(page 4). > The phase info on the daily pages is per age of lunar month and the % > lighted. The times of M.P. of the moon on the daily pages are L.M.T. Thank you Doug And apologies. I feel I stated my question poorly. "I am not certain how the moon diagrams in the lower hand corner of the daily pages are correlated to time. My best guess is that the percentage-lighted figure is for 12:00 UT." I should have said "percentage lighted figures" instead of "moon diagrams." As the lighted portion of the moon changes from day to day, I *assume* as the Sun/Moon/Earth changes while to moon is visible, the percentage lighted will also change to some degree. If the daily page states "52%" it might range from 50% to 54% during the viewing period. My corrected question is: Is the percentage figure given on the daily page tied to a specific GMT/UC? If so, what? I understand I have failed to take observer position into account as of yet. Bill
