Full Moon duration

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 73725

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, MadameSSnape at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 7/27/2003 6:02:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> lmbolland at e... writes:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Well, according to Wicca (most trads I know, anyway), the Full Moon 
lasts 
> three days...
> 
> Sherrie
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The weird way in which Remus transformed may also have to do with the 
fac that he had been taking the potion for several days that week-- 
he just missed the last/recent dose.  So maybe, the potion helped him 
to maintain his human form longer than normal.

Arya