Top 45 major azimuth standstill limit events at Calanais region in 2006


The below data is deducted from JPL information (assuming a horizon of 0º apparent altitude). It is valid for Calanais region, but can be used also for sites near this latitude/longitude. Other latitude/longitudes will have a different Order of the events. The red dates are the dates of major (declination) standstill limits (Meeus [1997], table 5A).
More general information about the major standstill limit see here.


Date at end time
 Sun's position Lunar phase [%] Moon's azimuth [º] Start time
[GMT]
 End time
[GMT]		 Camera Actual weather
 Order
Major southern azimuth standstill limit set events
The actual start time is some 20 minutes later and
the actual end time is some 20 minutes earlier
due to elevated horizon altitude
2006-Feb-21 * 49 216.3 3:20 9:08 Cam1 100c
 47
2006-Feb-22 * 39 208.3 4:55 9:29 Cam1 0c/50sg 23
2006-Feb-23 * 28 204.9 6:16 10:14 Cam1 100c
 2
2006-Feb-24 * 18 208.9 7:06 11:35 Cam1 100c
 25
2006-Feb-25 * 9 219.0 7:30 13:22 Cam1 80c/100sg
 54
2006-Mar-20 * 75 219.3 1:03 7:16 Cam1 100c
 55
2006-Mar-21 * 66 210.4 2:37 7:31 Cam1 98c/0sg
 30
2006-Mar-22 * 55 205.0 4:03 8:04 Cam1 100c
 3
2006-Mar-23 * 44 206.0 5:03 9:09 Cam1 n/o
 11
2006-Mar-24 * 32 213.8 5:35 10:44 Cam1 n/o
 41
2006-Apr-17 * 88 212.9 0:21 5:38 Cam1 99c/0sg
 38
2006-Apr-18 * 80 206.3 1:51 6:05 Cam1 98c/0sg
 15
2006-Apr-19 * 70 205.2 2:59 6:59 Cam1 30c/60sg
 5
2006-Apr-20 * 59 210.9 3:38 8:24 Cam1 100c
 32
2006-May-14 C 99 216.2 21:59 3:46 Cam1 0c/0sg
 45
2006-May-15 * 96 208.4 23:33 4:08 Cam1 100c
 24
2006-May-16 * 90 205.3 0:51 4:53 Cam1 100c
 6
2006-May-17 * 83 209.2 1:40 6:11 Cam1 100c
 27
2006-May-18 * 73 218.2 2:03 7:49 Cam1 100c
 51
2006-Jun-11 C 99 211.3 21:08 2:10 Cam1 100c
 34
2006-Jun-12 C 100 206.1 22:35 2:46 Cam1 37c/0sg
 12
2006-Jun-13 * 97 207.3 23:36 3:53 Cam1 100c
 18
2006-Jun-14 * 92 215.2 0:07 5:29 Cam1 26c/0sg
 43
2006-Jul-08 N 88 214.7 18:38 0:11 Cam1 90c/0sg
 42
2006-Jul-09 N 94 207.5 20:11 0:37 Cam1 99c/0sg
 19
2006-Jul-10 N 98 205.7 21:25 1:30 Cam1 n/o
 9
2006-Jul-11 C 100 211.4 22:08 2:58 Cam1 n/o
 35
2006-Aug-03 N 65 218.3 16:09 22:14 Cam1 100c
 52
2006-Aug-04 N 75 209.9 17:43 22:32 Cam1 100c
 29
2006-Aug-05 A 84 205.3 19:07 23:10 Cam1 100c
 7
2006-Aug-07 A 91 207.6 20:04 0:22 Cam1 100c
 20
2006-Aug-08 A 97 216.2 20:33 2:02 Cam1 100c
 46
2006-Aug-31 N 49 212.6 15:19 20:33 Cam1 100c
 37
2006-Sep-01 N 59 206.2 16:47 21:00 Cam1 100c
 14
2006-Sep-02 A 70 205.2 17:55 21:54 Cam1 100c
 4
2006-Sep-03   80 211.1 18:34 23:21 Cam1 99c
 33
2006-Sep-27 C 24 215.7 13:00 18:41 Cam1 100c
 44
2006-Sep-28 N 33 208.0 14:30 19:00 Cam1 100c
 22
2006-Sep-29 A 43 204.6 15:45 19:41 Cam1 62c/20sg
 1
2006-Sep-30   54 207.9 16:34 20:54 Cam1 100c
 21
2006-Oct-01   66 216.5 16:59 22:30 Cam1 100c
 49
2006-Oct-24 * 6 218.5 10:44 16:50 Cam1 100c
 53
2006-Oct-25 C 12 210.4 12:14 17:07 Cam1 n/o
 31
2006-Oct-26 N 19 205.5 13:35 17:40 Cam1 n/o
 8
2006-Oct-27 A 28 206.7 14:32 18:42 Cam1 100c
 16
2006-Oct-28   38 213.4 15:03 20:09 Cam1 100c
 40
2006-Nov-21 * 1 213.1 9:56 15:14 Cam1 n/o
 39
2006-Nov-22 * 3 207.1 11:22 15:42 Cam1 n/o
 17
2006-Nov-23 C 8 206.2 12:27 16:35 Cam1 n/o
 13
2006-Nov-24 A 15 211.7 13:05 17:57 Cam1 n/o
 36
2006-Dec-18 * 5 216.4 7:32 13:19 Cam1 n/o
 48
2006-Dec-19 * 1 209.0 9:02 13:41 Cam1 n/o
 26
2006-Dec-20 * 0 206.0 10:17 14:25 Cam1 n/o
 10
2006-Dec-21 * 1 209.4 11:05 15:39 Cam1 n/o
 28
2006-Dec-22 N 5 218.2 11:30 17:15 Cam1 n/o
 50
Major northern azimuth standstill limit set events
The actual end time is some 20 minutes earlier
due to elevated horizon altitude
2006-Feb-07   70 329.4 5:19 5:37 Cam2 n/o
 34
2006-Feb-08 N 79 334.9 6:15 6:56 Cam2 n/o
 11
2006-Feb-09 C 87 334.7 7:09 7:49 Cam2 n/o
 12
2006-Feb-10 * 93 329.3 7:59 8:17 Cam2 n/o
 35
2006-Mar-06   42 326.8 3:11 3:19 Cam2 100c
 42
2006-Mar-07   53 334.2 4:09 4:47 Cam2 100c
 16
2006-Mar-08 N 64 335.9 5:05 5:50 Cam2 100c
 2
2006-Mar-09 C 73 331.9 5:56 6:25 Cam2 100c
 26
2006-Apr-03   26 331.8 1:57 2:25 Cam2 100c
 27
2006-Apr-04 A 37 336.0 2:56 3:41 Cam2 100c
 1
2006-Apr-05 N 47 334.0 3:50 4:27 Cam2 100c
 17
2006-Apr-06 N 57 327.2 4:40 4:49 Cam2 100c
 41
2006-Apr-29 A 6 327.3 23:39 23:49 Cam2 100c
 40
2006-May-01 A 13 334.5 0:41 1:20 Cam2 100c
 13
2006-May-02 A 21 335.3 1:38 2:21 Cam2 0c/0sg
 6
2006-May-03 N 30 330.0 2:31 2:52 Cam2 100c
 31
2006-May-27 N 1 331.5 22:24 22:51 Cam2 100c
 28
2006-May-29 N 4 335.1 23:24 0:06 Cam2 100c
 8
2006-May-30 N 9 332.3 0:20 0:50 Cam2 100c
 24
2006-May-31 N 16 325.1 1:11 1:12 Cam2 100c
 48
2006-Jun-23 * 4 328.4 20:12 20:26 Cam2 100c
 38
2006-Jun-24 C 1 334.5 21:12 21:51 Cam2 0c/100sg
 14
2006-Jun-25 C 0 333.9 22:09 22:46 Cam2 0c/100sg
 18
2006-Jun-26 N 2 328.1 23:02 23:15 Cam2 100c
 39
2006-Jul-20 * 20 326.1 18:05 18:10 Cam2 n/o
 43
2006-Jul-21 * 12 333.4 19:04 19:39 Cam2 n/o
 20
2006-Jul-22 * 6 335.2 20:02 20:44 Cam2 100c
 7
2006-Jul-23 C 2 330.7 20:55 21:19 Cam2 100c
 30
2006-Aug-17 * 33 332.2 16:59 17:29 Cam2 n/o
 25
2006-Aug-18 * 23 335.8 17:57 18:42 Cam2 n/o
 3
2006-Aug-19 * 15 333.1 18:52 19:25 Cam2 n/o
 22
2006-Aug-20 * 8 325.9 19:42 19:46 Cam2 100c
 45
2006-Sep-13 * 59 330.0 14:51 15:12 Cam2 100c
 32
2006-Sep-14 * 48 335.7 15:52 16:36 Cam2 n/o
 5
2006-Sep-15 * 37 334.9 16:48 17:29 Cam2 100sg
 10
2006-Sep-16 * 28 328.5 17:39 17:54 Cam2 100sg
 37
2006-Oct-10 * 85 325.8 12:36 12:40 Cam2 n/o
 46
2006-Oct-11 * 75 333.9 13:39 14:16 Cam2 100c
 19
2006-Oct-12 * 64 335.8 14:39 15:24 Cam2 n/o
 4
2006-Oct-13 * 54 331.1 15:34 15:59 Cam2 100c
 29
2006-Nov-07 * 95 329.9 11:19 11:40 Cam2 n/o
 33
2006-Nov-08 * 88 335.1 12:23 13:05 Cam2 n/o
 9
2006-Nov-09 * 80 333.2 13:22 13:56 Cam2 n/o
 21
2006-Nov-10 * 71 326.0 14:15 14:20 Cam2 n/o
 44
2006-Dec-04 * 99 325.2 8:59 9:00 Cam2 n/o
 47
2006-Dec-05 * 100 333.0 10:03 10:36 Cam2 n/o
 23
2006-Dec-06 * 97 334.4 11:05 11:44 Cam2 n/o
 15
2006-Dec-07 * 92 329.1 12:02 12:19 Cam2 n/o
 36

Graphical presentation


Standstill limits at Calanais

On the left axis one sees the azimuths of the (near) northern standstill limits (purple) of the moon while on the right axis one sees the azimuths of the (near) southern standstill limits (blue). This all is again for Calanais region.

Explanations

Date at end time
 The date that the moon will set at End time
Sun's position
 The position of the sun at End time above/below horizon:
* Daylight (red background)
C Civil twilight
N Nautical twilight
A Astronomical twilight
  Full darkness
Lunar phase
 The phase of the moon at End time. The visibility of a moon depends of the sun's position.
Grey background
 new (0-1%)
White background
 new-ish moon (2-25%)
Light yellow background
 quarter-ish moon (25-75%)
Yellow background
 full-ish moon (75-100%)
Moon's azimuth
 The moon's azimuth at End time
Start time
 The time (GMT) (can be a day earlier then the Date at end time [purple background]) that the moon gets above the horizon (Cam1) or within the picture frame (Cam2)
End time
 The time (GMT) on the Date that the moon sets
Camera
 The camera that records the event:
Cam1 looks towards Sleeping Beauty Range and Calanais I,
Cam2 looks towards north-west horizon
Actual weather
 The actual weather conditions on that day:
xxxc
 The average cloud cover [%] in the region of up to an apparent altitude of 5 degrees (0c: 0% clouds (clear) and 100c: 100% clouds in that area.
The above as long as there is defined as that there is at least some part of the moon shape visible. At high values of cloud cover sometimes only small parts of the moon are visible.
xxxsg
 The percentage of sun light glare during the period that no clouds obstructed the moon; the sun glare makes the moon invisible. This happens normally from sunrise. This is only mentioned if average cloud cover is less than 100%.
Remember that the visibility is also decreased due to the wide angle view camera and proper sensitivity then human eye.
n/o
 On the day no observations done, because of lacking time or cameras inside (storm/lighting/vandalism/etc.)
green background
 The Moon has been witnessed! And pictures may be available.
Order
 The order of the 2006 event in the top 45: 1 meaning the date for the limiting event in 2006.
A top 10 for the whole major standstill limit period (2005-2007) is available.
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