Opinion on 10 big mysteries

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., blpurdom at y... wrote:
> --- 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

It's full dark when they arrive at the station. In fact, it is dark 
when they are stopped by the Dementors.  I seem to recall that when 
the Dementors stop the train, all the lights go out.  Lupin has to 
create a light for anyone to see.  This suggests that either it is 
extremely overcast, or it's evening.

I do remember that Lupin was at the feast.  The chapter described 
Lupin's robe in comparison to the rest of the faculty.  (I just read 
the books again recently.)

When is sundown in Scotland?  I had the impression from the books 
that they generally arrived after sundown.  In cos, it was night.  In 
ss, I don't remember.  The trailers, if I recall, show it being after 
sundown.