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Lunar Standstills

 * {| class="wikitable"

! ! colspan=2 | narrowest arc ! colspan=2 | widest arc ! epoch || moonrise || moonset || moonrise || moonset
 * + Azimuth of full Moon on horizon (as viewed from 55° north)
 * minor standstill || 124° || 236° || 56° || 304°
 * midway || 135° || 225° || 45° || 315°
 * major standstill || 148° || 212° || 32° || 328°
 * }
 * major standstill || 148° || 212° || 32° || 328°
 * }
 * }

Dear Prof. McCluskey,

The above table is presented on the wiki entry for Lunar Standstills.

I am struggling to reproduce this within Stellarium as there are no dates associated. I would be eternally grateful if you could supply (or perhaps) amend the table to include the associated dates. Also any advice you could give on how to format a jpl horizons query to return the information would be excellent.

Because epoch is referenced - Am I correct in thinking the 'epoch' is a fixed number of full moons. And that the 'midway' is a full moon midway between this fixed number of full moons ?

Any help you can give in helping me understand this table much appreciated

Thanks and regards

Brian

Kerbstone52 (talk) 14:40, 16 November 2020 (UTC)