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Old 10-18-2017, 03:22 AM   #2
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Default Re: [Space] Triple Full Moons

A full moon is when you have the Sun, Moon and Earth in linear conjunction. If you have 2 suns, then each moon will be in conjunction at 2 points in its orbit. You'll have to decide if moons are "full" when they're in conjunction with one or other of the suns or at the midpoint between these, which would be the brightest, assuming equal intensity of the suns.

However, when Lerrom is at the point in its orbit where it's perpendicular to the axis between the 2 suns, they'll be about 15 degrees apart in the sky. This will happen twice in their 64 day orbit, plus an offset due to the planet's movement around its orbit, so a bit more than every 32 days.

As the moons are orbiting the planet 4 to 12 times a day, just go for the solar cycle as being the werewolf's cycle, about every 40 days or so.

When the suns rotate their perpendicular away from the planet, their relative brightness will drop, until the lowest point when the planet and 2 suns are in conjunction.
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