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----- Message -----
From: Jeffrey Simpson
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 1:26 AM
Subject: Moonstick Months


Hi
I have decided to investigate what I have nicknamed 'Moonstick Months'. These are months during which the full moon occurs at about 6pm on the 15th. This occurs when the 5 and 0 rods are exactly lined up at the top and bottom.

So far I have recorded the ones that occur during the years of 1900-1999. During this time I found only two months that were exactly UT.

Well here they are in hopefully year and month order:
1900 Jan -5h
Mar -6h
1902 Nov +4h
Dec +15h
1905 Aug +5h
1908 Apr +8h
May +3h
1910 Dec -24h
1911 Jan +11h
Mar +10h
1913 Sep UT
Oct +11h
1916 Jun +3h
Jul +14h
1919 Jan -24h
Feb +11h
Apr +10h
1921 Oct -22h
Nov +12h
Dec +24h
1924 Aug +8h
1927 Feb -23h
Apr -24h
May -13h
Jun +21h
1929 Nov -24h
Dec -13h
1932 Sep +9h
Oct +21h
1935 Jun -13h
Jul -2h
1938 Jan -13h
Feb +22h
Mar -14h
Apr +21h
1940 Oct -17h
Nov +18h
1943 Aug -4h
1946 Feb -15h
Apr -16h
May -5h
1948 Nov -19h
Dec -8h
1951 Sep +9h
Oct +3h
1954 Jun -9h
Jul +3h
1957 Jan -9h
Mar -10h
1959 Nov +3h
Dec +14h
1962 Aug +3h
1965 Feb -9h
Apr -10h
May +1h
1967 Dec -23h
1968 Jan +12h
1970 Sep +3h
Oct +2h
1973 Jun +3h
Jul +14h
1976 Jan -22h
Feb +13h
Mar UT
1978 Oct -22h
Nov +12h
Dec +24h
1981 Jul -20h
Aug +13h
1984 Feb -24h
Apr -2h
May +10h
1986 Nov -22h
Dec -11h
1989 Aug -23h
Sep +12h
Oct +23h
1992 Jun +6h
Jul +18h
1995 Jan -15h
Feb +19h
Mar -16h
Apr +18h
1997 Oct -16h

I'm sorry if I have missed any or got the wrong time

Jeffrey