The Time Turner/Marauder's Map/Lupin's Transformation

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No: HPFGUIDX 36111

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blpurdom" <blpurdom at y...> wrote:
> 2) This means that if the exact time that the earth stops 
> obstructing the light of the sun from striking the moon--even a 
> little--

Um...Um...(waving hand frantically) Wait!
A full Moon is NOT when the earth stops obstucting the light of the 
Sun. When the earth obstructs the Sun from the Moon it is a lunar
eclipse.  A full Moon is the Moon being  opposite the Earth. This is
the case only for an instant each month, although people still call it a
full Moon for a couple or three days before and after the instant.  
Now, does a werewolf transform around the full Moon whether he 
sees it or not, or does he transform when he sees the full Moon?  If 
the later then yes,  clouds could delay the transformation.  But in that 
case, A werewolf need only wear a blindfold during full Moon, to 
prevent the transformation. No Snape potion needed.  OTOH, the 
monthly potion may have messed up Lupin's natural cycle, thus 
putting him out slightly of sync with the Moon, anyway.

Tex, 
wondering if Lupin did bite Snape in the prank, so Snape is not
only a vampire but a werewolf as well.
WOW, now, THAT could really complicate a LARP!