new moon will occur when the moon's declination is maximum north.
new moon will occur when the moon's declination is maximum north.
when the moon's declination is maximum north which of the following will occur?
new moon
because the moon is relatively close to the earth, lunar parallax alters declination up to 0.95° when observed from earth's surface versus geocentric declination, the declination of the moon from the center of the earth. geocentric declination may be up to about 0.95° different from the observed declination. the amount of this parallax varies with latitude, hence the observed maximum of each standstill cycle varies according to position of observation.
lunar standstill
in addition to the ecliptic longitude, cycles are also found by declination of the planets. on page 79, gann wrote, “history shows that in 916 agriculture in the british isles was at its lowest ebb and that there was great scarcity of wheat and corn. very few people were engaged in tilling the soil on account of wars. the same conditions prevailed 1000 years later in 1916 and 1917, when this country was called on to furnish food to starving europe and send men and money to save their armies from defeat.” bonnie hill explained that the common factor in 916 and 1916 is that geocentric saturn was at maximum north declination in march. since saturn's sidereal year is 29.457 years, it is very uncommon for it to be at maximum north declination in march. like the weather rules above, the astrological “sign” occurs in the spring.
the tunnel thru the air; or, looking back from 1940