Meet by the Full Moon

We've suggested that a world-wide meetup conveign under the full moon. Procession will favor different locations on different months. Here we announce a schedule.

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2015 Aug 29 18:38 utc 2015 Sep 28 2:52 utc 2015 Oct 27 12:06 utc 2015 Nov 25 22:45 utc 2015 Dec 25 11:12 utc 2016 Jan 24 1:46 utc 2016 Feb 22 18:21 utc 2016 Mar 23 12:02 utc 2016 Apr 22 5:25 utc 2016 May 21 21:17 utc 2016 Jun 20 11:05 utc 2016 Jul 19 23:00 utc 2016 Aug 18 9:30 utc 2016 Sep 16 19:08 utc 2016 Oct 16 4:25 utc 2016 Nov 14 13:54 utc 2016 Dec 14 0:07 utc 2017 Jan 12 11:35 utc

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I am reminded of the "Lunar Society", that meet during the full moon, so it would light the journey home in the absence of street lighting. wikipedia

With the full moon comes the chance of a lunar eclipse. During the period above there is one total lunar eclipse 28 Sept 2015 pdf and two penumbral eclipses 23 March 2016 pdf , and 16 September 2016 pdf .

See also: mourner/suncalc a library for calculation of sun position, sun phases (sunrise, sunset, dusk, etc…), moon position and lunar phase for a giving location and time github .