JRS: In article , dated Thu, 9
Feb 2006 07:47:54 remote, seen in news:uk.sci.astronomy, Paul L Money
posted :
In article , Dr John Stockton
writes
According to "February Night Sky" in my Monday newspaper, however, the
Moon will be new on the 29th of *this* month. "Times" readers will,
however, "see" it on the 28th.

No wonder more people are turning to my Nightscenes 2006 book instead of
the Times version then as New Moon occurs on February 28th at 00:31UT
:-)

Now you are being unfair to The Times. They had it correctly (Mon Jan
30, p.54, "The night sky in February") as 28d 01h [Michael J Hendrie
gives it to the nearest hour, and uses GMT]. I don't take The Times,
but I do get given that page most months.

As you did not recognise that "February Night Sky" does not imply "The
Times", I can only conclude that you don't read a good newspaper -
you're probably too busy writing books.

Otherwise, it seems that a February new moon can occur on the 29th only
if the year is bissextile.

How about FAQ C.5 : "What astronomy books are written by readers of
u.s.a.?"

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