Opinion on 10 big mysteries

[blpurdom at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 26436

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., borg3892000 at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Mindy C.L." <mindyatime at j...> wrote:
> > y no m wrote on Wednesday in regards to Lupin sleeping on the 
train:
> > 
> > "Also, curious fact, on September 1, 1993 (real date), there was 
a full moon. ^^ Maybe moons move differently in the Wizarding world."
> > 
> > That's probably why he was sleeping... Doesn't the Wolfsbane 
> > potion make him harmless and asleep? Aw, but then he looks like a 
> > wolf? I dunno. I'm confused too.
> > 
> He didn't turn into a werewolf until moonlight actually fell on him 
> when they came out from the secret passage.  I don't think the moon 
> had *just* risen.  I would have thought that he would have turned 
> into a wolf earlier that night.  The moon might not have been out 
> when HP and gang first went into the passage, but I'm pretty sure 
> it was night.  He should have changed while they were all in the 
> shack.

September 1 was when they were going to Hogwarts on the train, which 
leaves King's Cross at 11 am.  The moon may or may not have been up 
at that time--one does frequently see the moon in the sky during the 
day.  Is anyone so thoroughly up on werewolf lore that you know 
whether a werewolf supposedly transforms when the sun AND the moon 
are up at the same time?  Or is it JUST when the moon is up, with no 
sun?  Sometimes moonrise and moonset are during daylight hours 
entirely.  

The questions to ask about September 1, 1993 are:

1) When is moonrise, and is the sun still up?
2) When is moonset, and is the sun still up?  (And does it matter?)
3) And, for those whose PoA books are at hand (instead of off being 
read by a 7-year-old and an 8-year-old), was Lupin at the welcoming 
feast that evening, or did he mysteriously disappear?

--Barb