We've suggested that a world-wide meetup conveign under the full moon. Procession will favor different locations on different months. Here we announce a schedule.
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2015 Aug 29 18:38 utc 2015 Sep 28 2:52 utc 2015 Oct 27 12:06 utc 2015 Nov 25 22:45 utc 2015 Dec 25 11:12 utc 2016 Jan 24 1:46 utc 2016 Feb 22 18:21 utc 2016 Mar 23 12:02 utc 2016 Apr 22 5:25 utc 2016 May 21 21:17 utc 2016 Jun 20 11:05 utc 2016 Jul 19 23:00 utc 2016 Aug 18 9:30 utc 2016 Sep 16 19:08 utc 2016 Oct 16 4:25 utc 2016 Nov 14 13:54 utc 2016 Dec 14 0:07 utc 2017 Jan 12 11:35 utc
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I am reminded of the "Lunar Society", that meet during the full moon, so it would light the journey home in the absence of street lighting. wikipedia ![]()
With the full moon comes the chance of a lunar eclipse. During the period above there is one total lunar eclipse 28 Sept 2015 pdf
and two penumbral eclipses 23 March 2016 pdf
, and 16 September 2016 pdf
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See also: mourner/suncalc a library for calculation of sun position, sun phases (sunrise, sunset, dusk, etc…), moon position and lunar phase for a giving location and time github
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