[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin and the Full Moon

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 17737

At 03:36 AM 4/26/01 +0000, mdartagnan at yahoo.com wrote:
>The only thing that *might* explain why on PoA he transforms into a
>wolf until the moonlight touches him might be the time at which the
>change takes place. Maybe when he's indoors, the change takes place
>until the Lunar influence is just too strong to be avoided —maybe when
>the Moon reaches its zenith (eh... is this word well written?) or
>something like that. But being directly exposed to moonlight might
>trigger an immediate change —something Remus clearly forgot after many
>Full Moon indoors, or maybe he thought the night would remain cloudy
>for still some hours.

Since astronomically speaking "Full Moon" is an instantaneous event
(when the moon is in exact opposition to the sun).  Your theory "Lunar
influence" makes sense.  Maybe out in the open on a clear night he
transform when the moon is 95% Full, but the moon has to be 98%
or 99% Full to break through barriers like walls and clouds.



                                                 -- Dave