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Jan 2018 had two full moons. 1/1 at 9:25 pm and 1/31 at 8:27 am


38 posted on 01/06/2019 12:53:35 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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In our calendar, the dates of full (and new) moons will always fall 10-12 days earlier than the previous year. This is because 12 x 29.53 = 354.36 days, 10.64 days shorter than a regular year and 11.64 days shorter than a leap year. Slight differences due to speed of lunar orbit add a day or two to the differentials.

Now of course the full and new moons will be on similar dates in the Jewish calendar which is based on the Moon.


39 posted on 01/06/2019 1:03:12 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (I taught AOC everything she knows, and it only took five minutes)
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