Full Moon?

[flipnflap]

is it a full moon today?

[Tilly2]

It looked full last night.

[Zacs-Master]

Waning Gibbous (98% full)

[Tilly2]

Just checked on Full moon calendar site, says 28th December.

[Zacs-Master]

A full moon only lasts for a few minutes as the earth, sun and moon are constantly moving. In fact, technically, it is only ever 99.999% full. At the time of asking my answer showed the accurate 'phase'.

[Tilly2]

You obviously know a lot more about it than I do, Zacs. I say daft things like , 'It's a full moon again tonight, just like last night' Shows how much I know.

[Zacs-Master]

It wasn't daft Tilly. I was just trying to educate in the true AB tradition. You can amaze your friends down the pub with this fact now, like me ;-)

[Tilly2]

O.k. Zacs, I'll remember that. What does Waning Gibbous mean? I know what waning and waxing means nut what's the Gibbous bit?

[Tilly2]

^ but, not nut!

[Zacs-Master]

When the moon is past half full and on its way to being 'full'. The winter nights just fly by down my local with me around.

[Tilly2]

Right got that. Next question, why is it a waning Gibbeous when it's not reached the 'zenith' of its fullness. Shouldn't it be waxing?

[Tilly2]

We could have a drink together talking about this Zacs. I think we'd be on our own though!

[Zacs-Master]

My apologies, you are of course correct. Mines a pint of crime de menth.

[Tilly2]

............and mines's a dry white wine. We could look at our Ordnance Survey maps as well.

[Zacs-Master]

Ha ha. I'm just trying to buy a GPS device but Go Outdoors are playing silly beggars.

[humbersloop]

This is a handy little site

http://www.astronomy.co.uk/skytonight

what're you after a gps for zacs?

[Zacs-Master]

Walking sloopy. Been looking at a Memory Map 2800 and Garmin 450.

[Tilly2]

He's looking for another pub in the vicinity because the one he goes to is always empty.

[boxtops]

LOL

[Zacs-Master]

Cheeky. Actually it's very busy. It just seems to empty when I walk in for some strange reason.

[paddywak]

Zac, I love these sort of discussions that regularly arise over a pint. A favourite subject in our pub is can you actually be buried at sea? when burial implies digging a hole, putting some thing in the hole and then filling the hole up again.