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Always Listen To bob
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
It's possible 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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Yes. However a specific phase, like full, first quarter, last quarter, or new, is often considered to last one day. Cool reference to waxing gibbous, and waning gibbous. I wish more people were as scientifically literate.
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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap
But it is also factual that a lunar eclipse is a subset of the full moon.
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Sounds good.
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