[HPforGrownups] Another werewolf question.

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 37234


Saturday, March 30, 2002, 3:40:49 PM, Liz Sager wrote:

LS> I'm not an expert in astronomy, and don't claim to be, but when the moon 
LS> rises, there is only a small amount of time when the moon is *completely* 
LS> full. Sorry I can't explain it any better than that. :(

Because the moon is always moving around the Earth, the moment when
the moon is 100% full is an instantaneous event.  That's why I
speculate that the moon must be, say, 95% full for him to transform.
And if at the moment the clouds parted, the moon was (technically)
a 95.01% waning gibbous (i.e. he miscalculated how long he was still
in danger), it in my mind makes his neglect to take his potion more
acceptable.

-- 
Dave, astronomy semi-expert