> Hello all:
>
> Will two full moons always occur in a March that follows a Febuary with no
> full moon?
>
> John Carmichael
> Tucson
The second March full moon this year occurs at 22:49 UT. Therefore,
if one moves east from London by a couple of time zones March has but
a single full moon this year (relative to the local standard time) and
it is April that has two. This suggests to me that it is possible in
other years for this to happen when measured against UT.
1999 Phases of the Moon
Universal Time
New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
D H M D H M D H M D H M
Jan. 2 02 49 Jan. 9 14 22
Jan. 17 15 46 Jan. 24 19 15 Jan. 31 16 06 Feb. 8 11 58
Feb. 16 06 39 Feb. 23 02 43 Mar. 2 06 58 Mar. 10 08 40
Mar. 17 18 48 Mar. 24 10 18 Mar. 31 22 49 Apr. 9 02 51
Apr. 16 04 22 Apr. 22 19 01 Apr. 30 14 55 May 8 17 28
May 15 12 05 May 22 05 34 May 30 06 40 June 7 04 20
June 13 19 03 June 20 18 13 June 28 21 37 July 6 11 57
July 13 02 24 July 20 09 00 July 28 11 25 Aug. 4 17 27
Aug. 11 11 08 Aug. 19 01 47 Aug. 26 23 48 Sept. 2 22 17
Sept. 9 22 02 Sept. 17 20 06 Sept. 25 10 51 Oct. 2 04 02
Oct. 9 11 34 Oct. 17 15 00 Oct. 24 21 02 Oct. 31 12 04
Nov. 8 03 53 Nov. 16 09 03 Nov. 23 07 04 Nov. 29 23 18
Dec. 7 22 32 Dec. 16 00 50 Dec. 22 17 31 Dec. 29 14 04
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/docs/MoonPhase.html
Jim
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