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The New Moon and Ramadan in North America
Published on 25 Sep 2006 at 5:00 pm.
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The word “month” originally came from “moonth”, or a cycle of the Moon’s phases. This takes about 29.5 days. The problem is that there is not an integer number of months in a year. So, most cultures dropped the Moon going through a cycle of phases as the basis of the month. The Gregorian Calendar, […]
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Not the Harvest Moon
Published on 7 Sep 2006 at 10:42 am.
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A few months ago, I wrote a posting about Full Moon names while I was still at my old web site. I imported it into Astroprofspage, though, and it is here. I bring this up, because I was looking at a free calendar that I got at a local bookstore early in the year. […]
That time of year
Published on 4 Sep 2006 at 12:42 pm.
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Well, it is that time of year. My cat is happy and content in the mornings. The Sun shines through the window in front of the stairway and onto the stairs. It starts at the landing at the top of the stairs, and then slowly works it way down the stairway. […]
The Caesar Months
Published on 1 Aug 2006 at 4:30 am.
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We are moving from July to August. Both months are named for Roman emperors. How did this come about? Well, we need to go back to the Roman calendar before Julius Caesar. In those days, the calendar was alternating months of 29 and 31 days. As I said in an earlier post, a month started […]
Seasons
Published on 1 Jul 2006 at 4:39 pm.
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This is a followup to yesterday’s post. Here in the United States, the calendar says that Summer starts at the Summer Solstice (June 21, this year), Spring started at the Vernal Equinox (March 20, this year), Autumn starts at the Autumnal Equinox (September 22, this year), and Winter will begin at the Winter Solstice (December21, […]
Ranting about holidays
Published on 20 Nov 2005 at 8:01 pm.
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   I am going to rant about the holidays. This will likely be long and incoherent, so y’all might not really want to read it. It will be good for me to get it off my chest, though, so I’ll go with it. More coherent posts will follow.
  Well, Thanksgiving is upon us. This is […]
