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Subject: Re: StarDate: December 18 Saturn and the Moon on Saturnalia
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 15:35:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 18 15:35:52 1984
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> The moon is now waning -- visible in the sky only after midnight -- and
> appearing as a slimmer crescent with each new dawn.

'Waning' does not mean 'visible in the sky only after midnight' as the
above statement seems to imply.  The meaning is 'to get smaller', which
starts immediately after the moon is full.  The late gibbous moon is a
waning moon and it rises shortly after sunset.  Sorry to pontificate, but
it's just as easy to get these things right.

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