When I went to my work this morning I saw that the moon was almost full and alread waxing a bit. That meant that we had survived another werewolf time. :)
But that got me thinking (hey, it happens). What is the maximum time we would be at risk from werewolves, supposing they can only come out during the true time of full moon?
I know we can see a bit more than half of the moons surface from the Earth (55% isn't it?) and I can imagine we can see the most of it when the moon is closest to the Earth.
That would mean that a full moon would last longer than a new moon and certainly longer than a lunar eclipse. If I got my intuition right.
But how long would the longest possible full moon last?
But that got me thinking (hey, it happens). What is the maximum time we would be at risk from werewolves, supposing they can only come out during the true time of full moon?
I know we can see a bit more than half of the moons surface from the Earth (55% isn't it?) and I can imagine we can see the most of it when the moon is closest to the Earth.
That would mean that a full moon would last longer than a new moon and certainly longer than a lunar eclipse. If I got my intuition right.
But how long would the longest possible full moon last?
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