Full Moon duration Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Questions on Boggarts

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No: HPFGUIDX 73539

> On Sunday, Jul 27, 2003, at 02:39 America/Indianapolis, Danger Mouse 
> wrote:
> 
> > It seems as though moonlight is the key... In PoA, Lupin was fine even 
> > though it was the Night of the Full Moon, until it popped out from 
> > behind the clouds.
> 



According to "ask the astronomer" http://itss.raytheon.com/cafe/qadir/q1303.html  The technical duration of a Full Moon is only a few minutes.  I can assume it is in THAT particular minute that he transforms.  According to the same site, the moon *appears* full, however, for many hours.  So, perhaps it takes either many hours for the transformation to wear off, or the transformation lasts from the minute the moon is *truly* full until it the appearance of fullness decreases.

Just a few theories...

Lauri