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With a little help from my friends |
Oct 6 2011, 11:55 PM
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I need some astronomical help and do not know where to find it! So perhaps my buddies at Unmanned Spaceflight can point me in the right direction.
There it is: I'm writing a story losely based upon my stay in Saudi Arabia, 12 light years ago. It starts on Christmas eve 1999 on the Eastern shores of the Red Sea (Jeddah). What I need to know is this: was it the full moon shining that night of the 24th/25th december 1999, the 16th of the month of RamadHaan? And if yes, from what time to what time? It's a bit stupid, but if there was full moonlight around midnight, the story changes quite a bit. I did quite a lot of research trying to find that out, no way. I surfed the net, I asked Christians and Muslims alike, no way! But I'm sure there must be, somewhere, a site where I can set the location, the time, etc and voila. In advance, thank you all very much for your great help! |
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Oct 7 2011, 12:20 AM
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Check out: http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/moonph...1999&n=1942
From the phase, you should be able to figure out moonrise/moonset. (Hint: Full moon is exactly opposite the sun in the sky) -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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MERovingian With a little help from my friends Oct 6 2011, 11:55 PM
Astro0 Use Stellarium www.stellarium.org
You can easily f... Oct 7 2011, 01:31 AM
siravan By definition, full moon would have been on Ramada... Oct 7 2011, 01:49 AM
Phil Stooke And another resource:
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/... Oct 7 2011, 04:23 PM
bkellysky Sky and Telescope has an interactive sky map chart... Oct 7 2011, 05:30 PM
MERovingian Many many many thanks to all of you for your help... Oct 8 2011, 12:43 AM![]() ![]() |
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