What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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Lip Gloss Feb 2021 12:17am, 28 Feb 2021 49,359 posts	0 Lip Gloss ( it has only been 11 hours - not of alcohol )
Dvorak Feb 2021 11:52am, 28 Feb 2021 22,055 posts	0 Dvorak Solar noon (not counting GMT/BST shift) does not occur at the same time everyday, but wanders by a few minutes throughout the year. Additionally, a lunar month is not 28 days, but around 29.5 (and its length may vary by several hours).
macca 53 Feb 2021 11:53am, 28 Feb 2021 28,670 posts	0 macca 53 That The Singing Postman (Allan Smethurst) was born in my home town before moving to Norfolk as a toddler. [Only Fetchies of a certain vintage will remember him mind you]
swittle Feb 2021 11:54am, 28 Feb 2021 73,367 posts	0 swittle [re: lunar month. While reading about Wolf Moon, Snow Moon for blog purposes, I discovered this - but only a month ago.]
GordonG Feb 2021 12:01pm, 28 Feb 2021 8,506 posts	0 GordonG [lunar month or solar month?]
swittle Feb 2021 12:03pm, 28 Feb 2021 73,369 posts	0 swittle [lunar]
GlennR Feb 2021 1:38pm, 28 Feb 2021 56,086 posts	0 GlennR [I think I mentioned the lunar month thing a little while ago on my blog. I certainly didn’t know until I started studying the Jewish calendar.]
Diogenes Feb 2021 2:46pm, 28 Feb 2021 58,066 posts	0 Diogenes [macca - ‘ave you got a loight, boy? I seem to recall]
Dvorak Feb 2021 2:56pm, 28 Feb 2021 22,056 posts	0 Dvorak [Indeed Glenn, though I never really took it in until I saw the actual numbers. It feels like something I should have known, rather than stumbling blindly along in my 28-dayism.] Info from the very useful timeanddate.com. timeanddate.com And now I know even more: the difference between the sidereal and the synodic month. And that a Hebrew year may have six different number of days in it.
rf_fozzy Feb 2021 3:12pm, 28 Feb 2021 13,449 posts	0 rf_fozzy Dv - timeanddate is v useful. Especially when you need to know twilight times and the difference between the various twilights