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Question: Judging High Tide by the Moon
Ahh Nutation? Are you perchance an astronomer?
Cheers Wally wrote: Navigator wrote: ... "is the period from rise to set at a fixed location constant?" No. See other post. ... Is it constant at a fixed location on the same day each year? If not why? No, because the number of lunar months in a year is not a whole number. Even if it were, the period would likely still vary year-on-year due to the nutation period of the moon's orbit, which causes a variation in the azimuths of the northern and southern standstills (and the rise/set points in between). |
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