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Old Tue Dec 21, 2010, 01:17pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap View Post
However, a full moon CAN occur without a lunar eclipse. And there was a full moon before and after the event.
It's possible (I'm not going to look it up) that under a very strict definition, a "full moon" lasts only an instant. The moon would be a waxing gibbous the instant earlier and a waning gibbous an instant after.
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