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Re: Challenges around displaying phase of moon in calfw
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tomas |
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Re: Challenges around displaying phase of moon in calfw |
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Thu, 1 Jun 2017 17:13:00 +0200 |
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On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 04:51:44PM +0200, Óscar Fuentes wrote:
> Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> writes:
>
> > The moon has eight phases not four as do all other planet combinations
> > and this is where pom from bsd along with most moon phase programs got
> > it wrong. That's what happens when programmers didn't study enough
> > astrology though.
>
> Astrology?
I'd guess in "astronomy" the moon's phases form a continuum (whatever
that means in physics, but let's avoid *that* rabbit hole, shall we?)
(not being really serious, mind you)
Cheers
- -- tomás
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Re: Challenges around displaying phase of moon in calfw, John Magolske, 2017/06/03