Do you guys think about the position of the moon vs the Earth and Sun? Or do you just think about how much light the moon puts out on a full moon? Or do you try to consider both?
With a full moon the moon is one one side of the earth and the Sun is on the other side of the earth. Each body is pulling on the earth. The ocean tides will be smaller during full moons because the earth is being pulled on from both sides. The sun being bigger but farther away will not have as much pull as the smaller moon which is much closer.
Now when there is a new moon the Earth is being pulled on by both the moon and the sun. The moon and sun are in line and both on just one side of the earth. The Ocean tides will be greater during a new moon phase.
One geologist has a theory that the pull of the moon and sun on the earth helps to move not only the waters of the ocean by the entire earth. The crust of the earth can be shifted a bit which can increase the amount of earthquakes. Think of two crustal plates that are trying to slip past each other and with just a little more energy added to them they suddenly slip past each other thus creating an earth quake. All that force is released at one time as these huge crustal plates suddenly move. They may only move a few cm or a few meters but don't have to move far to release a lot of energy.
Now if you think about it a while you may come to the conclusion that the sun and moon's position relative our earth does have some influence on the life on this planet. What that effect is will be debated as long as we are hunting and fishing.
I purchased a Garmin eTrex Vista GPS unit a few years back. I discovered that it has a sun, moon and earth 2d picture that moves the positions of the sun and moon around the earth as the days progress. I found it interesting to view this page on the GPS screen ever once in a while. You can choose any day, month or year and it will show the positions of the sun and moon relative to earth. It also shows the sunrise and moon rise times as well as sunset and moon set times. Pretty neat little gadget.
Of course the gps unit will also display the solunar tables.
Now I have noticed that I catch a lot of fish when the solunar tables predict good fishing. I don't consult the tables until after I am out fishing so I don't use them to predict when it's time to go fishing. I go fishing when I get the chance and fell like it. But I do noticed that more times than not the solunar tables are predicting good fishing times. Not always but most of the time. Now you still have to be in a spot where there are fish. I can find those spots but I still can't make the fish bite.
Originally Posted by motalot
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