Wet and Dry Moons

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Wet and Dry Moons

• by
• Jim Dyer

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Wet and Dry Moons?

• Hypothesis
• In Ecuador, the moon is always Wet
• Critical Details
• What is special about Ecuador?
• What is a Wet moon?

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What is special about Ecuador?

• Its
• on
• the
• Equator!

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Ingredients for Wet Moon

• Important
• Orientation
• Shape

• Not Important
• Distance
• only affects size

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Wet and Dry Moons?
Wet
Orientation
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Shapes

• Crescent moon!

• Full moon?

• New moon?

• Quarter moon?

• Blue moon?

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Wet Moon Summary

• Orientation
• hold water

• Shape
• Crescent

• Distance?

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Muncie
Ecuador
Sydney
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23.5?
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23.5?
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Ecuador
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Muncie
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Max/Min Moon Positions
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Max/Min Moon Positions
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73.2
26.4
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Five Degree Tilt in Lunar Orbit
5.4
-5.4
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Other Notables
18-19 yr
Eclipse Potential
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Independent Graphical Evidence
The Crescent Moon of Ramadhan
http//www.ummah.net/ramadhan/ram99/crescent/
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Conclusion

• Hypothesis
• In Ecquador, the moon is always Wet
• I dont know about always, but
• it at least follows logically, and
• it agrees with independent simulations

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Future Studies

• Angle of Crescent moon
• by latitude
• by season
• Eclipses

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References

• Alaska Science Forum The Full Moons of Winter,
  1986 Article 758 (18.6 Year Lunar Cycle)
• (http//www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF7/758.h
  tml)
• viewed June 28, 2002
• Astronomy Without a Telescope (Lunar Orbit)
• (http//www.astronomynotes.com/nakedeye/s14.htm)
• viewed June 28, 2002
• Astronomy Without a Telescope (Lunar Phases)
• (http//www.astronomynotes.com/nakedeye/s13.htm)
• viewed June 28, 2002
• Astronomical Applications Department - Data
  Services
• (http//aa.usno.navy.mil/data/) viewed June 28,
  2002

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References

• The Earth - Introduction to the Earth
• (http//www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astro
  nomy/
• planets/earth/) viewed June 28, 2002
• The Earth and Moon - Causes for Eclipses?
• (http//inkido.indiana.edu/a100/earthmoon10.html)
  
• viewed June 28, 2002
• Earth and Moon Viewer
• (http//www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html)
• viewed June 28, 2002
• How to, Examples See the Moons crescent lying
  horizontally near the equator.
• (http//www.aho.ch.pilotplanets/manual/examples.h
  tm)
• viewed June 28, 2002

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References

• Latitude Longitude - Look Up
• (http//www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_us.html)
  
• viewed July 2, 2002
• The Moon Orbit and Phases
• (http//www.jgiesen.de/SME/moon/fullmoon.htm)
• viewed July 1, 2002
• The Moon - Zoom Astronomy
• (http//www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astron
  omy/
• moon/) viewed June 28, 2002
• PSR Discoveries Hot Idea Plane of Moons Orbit
• (http//www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec96/earmoon.html)
• viewed June 28, 2002

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References

• The Seasons
• (http/www.hao.ucar.edu/public/education/archeosl
  ides/
• slide_3.html) viewed July 1, 2002
• Why is the crescent moon sometimes lit on the
  bottom?
• (http//starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/qu
  estions/
• question43.html) viewed June 28, 2002

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Citations

• Slides 8-21, 33-47 Earth, no Tilt (MicroSoft
  ClipArt)
• Slides 10-21 Moon Phases
• Phases of the Moon and Percent of the Moon
  Illuminated
• (http//aa.usno.navy.mil/graphics/Moon_phases.jpg
  ) viewed June 28, 2002
• Slide 32 Earths 23.5 Degree Axis
• (http/www.spaceday.com/en/mission/startfind/imag
  es/
• earth.gig) viewed July 2, 2002
• Slides 54 Crescent Simulations
• The Crescent Moon of Ramadhan
• (http//www.ummah.net/ramadhan/ram99/crescent/)
• viewed June 28, 2002

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• The End.