Gregory's ServerWe tend to plan our night passages based on the phase of the moon, prefering full moon so we can see debris in the water. I found this little script to predict how much visibility we'll get, it has been pretty reliable so far, maybe someone else finds this useful:
http://wiki.xxiivv.com/etc/moon.c.txt
 4 comments
@cblgh The moon phases don't corelate too tightly with tides, at least not enough to make a difference in our case. We use the local tide tables for the rapids right now, those are really hard to predict reliably because it's influenced most of all by the underwater topology and narrowness of waterways.   |
@neauoire smart idea to use the second largest lamp in the sky! in tidal prone areas would this also increase the vertical distance from ground-anchored debris? bc the moon's pulling all that water? haven't studied tides so much cause not as big of an issue around here ^^'