At a major lunar standstill, which takes place every 18.6 years, the range of the declination of the Moon reaches a maximum. As a result, at high latitudes, the Moon appears to move in just two weeks from high in the sky to low on the horizon. This time appears to have had special significance for societies who built the megalithic monuments , and it also has significance for some neo-pagan religions. Evidence also exists that alignments to the moonrise or moonset on the days of lunar standstills can be found in ancient sites and cultures, such as the pyramid builders. The Metonic cycle or Enneadecaeteris in astronomy and calendar studies is a particular approximate common multiple of the tropical year and the synodic (lunar) month. The Moon cult astronomers observed that a period of 19 tropical years is almost exactly equal to 235 synodic months. The difference between the two periods (of 19 tropical years and 235 synodic months) is only 2 hours.
The unrounded cycle is much more accurate, which is slightly more than 12 synodic months. To keep the 12-month lunar year in pace with the solar year, an intercalary 13th month would have to be added on seven occasions during the nineteen-year period.
The cycle's most significant contemporary use is to help in flight planning (trajectory calculations and launch window analysis) for lunar spacecraft missions as well as serving as the basis for the Hebrew calendar's 19 year cycle. Another use is in computus, the calculation of the date of the Christian feast of Easter
The unrounded cycle is much more accurate, which is slightly more than 12 synodic months. To keep the 12-month lunar year in pace with the solar year, an intercalary 13th month would have to be added on seven occasions during the nineteen-year period.
The cycle's most significant contemporary use is to help in flight planning (trajectory calculations and launch window analysis) for lunar spacecraft missions as well as serving as the basis for the Hebrew calendar's 19 year cycle. Another use is in computus, the calculation of the date of the Christian feast of Easter
The Equinox ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox ) and Solstice ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice ) are very much a part of the Moon cult's practices. The Jewish Passover usually falls on the first full moon after the Northern Hemisphere vernal equinox, although occasionally (7 times every 19 years) it will occur on the second full moon. The Christian churches calculate Easter as the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the March equinox. The traditional harvest festival in the United Kingdom was celebrated on the Sunday of the full moon closest to the September equinox. The Earth's seasons are caused by the rotation axis of the Earth not being perpendicular to its orbital plane. The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of approximately 23.44° from the orbital plane; this tilt is called the axial tilt. As a consequence, for half of the year (i.e. from around March 20 to around September 22), the northern hemisphere tips toward the Sun, with the maximum around June 21, while for the other half of the year, the southern hemisphere has this honour, with the maximum around December 21. The two instants when the Sun is directly overhead at the Equator are the equinoxes. Also at that moment, both the North and South Poles of the Earth are just on the terminator and day and night are divided equally between the hemispheres.
I have maped out the last full min. to max. The Equinox and Solstice are marked each year by the full moon. If you follow the full moon cycle, you will find that the Equinox and Solstice dates do not match the moon cylce. Here below is the correct dates from min. in 1997 to max. in 2015.
1)=spring equinox in March 2)=Summer solstice in June 3)=Fall equinox in Sept. 4)=Winter solstice in Dec.
1997- (1)24 (2)20 (3)16 (4)14 1998- (1)13 (2)10 (3)06 (4)03 1999- (1)02 (2)28 (3)25 (4)22 2000- (1)20 (2)16 (3)13 (4)11 2001- (1)09 (2)06 (3)02 (4)30 2002- (1)28 (2)24 (3)21 (4)19 2003- (1)18 (2)14 (3)10 (4)08 2004- (1)06 (2)03 (3)28 (4)26 2005- (1)25 (2)22 (3)18 (4)15 2006- (1)14 (2)11 (3)07 (4)05 2007- (1)03 (2)01 (3)26 (4)24 2008- (1)21 (2)18 (3)15 (4)12 2009- (1)11 (2)07 (3)04 (4)02 2010- (1)30 (2)26 (3)23 (4)21
2011- (1)19 (2)15 (3)12 (4)10 2012- (1)08 (2)04 (3)30 (4)28 2013- (1)27 (2)23 (3)19 (4)17 2014- (1)16 (2)13 (3)19 (4)06 2015- (1)05 (2)02 (3)28 (4)25
In a normal year the equinox is between March20 to March21, and between June20 to June21. Solstice is between Sept.22 to Sept. 23, and Dec.21 to Dec.22. As you can tell from the chart above this cycle can be off by a lot. exp: In 2009 solstice falls on the 11th and 4th. So if you minus 11 from 20/21 it is minus -10/11 days earley. By the end of 2009 we will be off by -20/21 days. Many pyramid cultures based their calendars off of lunar and solor cycles.
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