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Being the sort who tries to be precise about such things, I was looking for information about just when a full moon occurred on Halloween to set the date for "Turning the Tables."
Needless to say, our friends at NASA come through in spades.
NASA's listing of dates for phases of the moon from 2000BCE to 4000CE. The times are UTC (Greenwich Mean Time), so you may need to convert to local time.
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I was looking for similar info while working on "Emily's Bridge" and found the US Naval Observatory. You can enter a date and a location and get information in the form:
Sun and Moon Data for One Day
U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department
Sun and Moon Data for One Day
The following information is provided for Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont
(longitude W72.7, latitude N44.5):
Sunday
10 October 1897 Eastern Standard Time
SUN
Begin civil twilight 5:31 a.m.
Sunrise 6:00 a.m.
Sun transit 11:38 a.m.
Sunset 5:15 p.m.
End civil twilight 5:44 p.m.
MOON
Moonrise 4:29 p.m. on preceding day
Moonset 6:00 a.m.
Moonrise 4:50 p.m.
Moon transit 11:51 p.m.
Moonset 7:06 a.m. on following day
Full Moon on 10 October 1897 at 11:41 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
The URL is:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html
I tried to find free weather information for specific days in the past, without any luck. If anyone knows of such I'd appreciate the link.
Jamie
Just wait 5 minutes and it'll change!
Jamie,
I've been using the 'Old Farmer's Almanac' site, here, as my reference. They used to require registration, but not at the moment, it seems.
Itinerant
Nicole (a.k.a. Itinerant)
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Veni, Vidi, Velcro:
I came, I saw, I stuck around.