2020 Handbook – Phases of the Moon

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    Ken Kennedy
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    Just got round to looking at some facts for 2020 in the Handbook and was planning lunar observations for the start of the year.  I checked the phases of the Moon on page 27 and then had a look at the Virtual Moon Atlas app and found that the phases did not coincide.  I then looked at the phases as given in the 2019 handbook and find that this data is exactly the same as that which is given in the 2020 handbook.  I presume this is a general error and not limited to my particular copy.  Anyone else noticed this?

    #581675
    David Swan
    Participant

    You are quite right. Had not looked at that section until your prompting. Oops. Ah – this had been noticed after printing. You can download the one page PDF with the corrections from this website. Click on the publications tab.

    #581676
    Andy Wilson
    Keymaster

    Well spotted Ken. This error was pointed out in the early November eNewsletter.

    A replacement page is available in the Handbook area of the website, and the online Handbook has the correct phases.

    https://britastro.org/handbook

    Best wishes,

    Andy

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