Why When the Moon is Full?

We invariably get our good weather when the moon is bright or full. That suggests to me that somewhere else the reverse is true and they suck up all the good skies when it is dark. I want to know where that place is. There are witnesses to this.

Jud

With the exception that it's never clear for a lunar eclipse.

Dave Mitsky

We always called it simply The Full Moon Clearing Effect. Very noticeable!
Brian

Well, I do have to admit that I just bought a 17mm T4 Nagler, and an observing buddy just picked up a 17.5" dob. So we are probably in for some really crappy skies. Already next weekend forcasts to be crappy which is true to the curse.

Jud

That suggests to me that somewhere else the reverse is true and they suck up all the good skies when it is dark. I want to know where that place is.

Jud:

I could tell you but if you wanted to go there, first you'd have to meet with someone at the Crossroads at Midnight...

In the last two days, we have had almost two inches of rain, we might yet make our yearly total of 10 inches... Of course the moon is full, an appropriate time for rain.

Bottom line: There are places where the vast majority of the nights are clear. These places, it is normally clear when the moon is full, it is normally clear when the moon is new. There are other places where the vast majority of the nights it is not clear. These places it is normally cloudy when the moon is full, it is normally cloudy when the moon is new.

Jon

Judson Mitchell said:

We invariably get our good weather when the moon is bright or full. That suggests to me that somewhere else the reverse is true and they suck up all the good skies when it is dark. I want to know where that place is. There are witnesses to this.

Jud

I believe that you're seeking the dark side of the moon....

Robert Provin said:

Jud

Murphy’s Law Corollary: “The probability of any event occurring is inversely proportional to it’s desirability.” 8) [/quote]
Second corollary to Murphy's law...... "The probability to observing and astronomical event is inversely proportional to the square of the rarity of the event and inversely proportional to the cube of its importance!" 8O

Cheers,

Maurice