YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe use of lunar calendar might be the reason why days start at midnight.message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down14
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareThe use of lunar calendar might be the reason why days start at midnight.YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareThe Octonaut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoQuite apart from all these people telling you that the day used to start at sunset, I am curious as to how you came to the thought in the first place, since the moon and it’s phases do not align to hours at all.
minus-squareYICHM@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI assumed that lunar months are delimited by full moons, but I was wrong.
minus-squareArfman@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoHuh full moons could coincide at any time of the day, and depends on where on earth you are when it happens
Quite apart from all these people telling you that the day used to start at sunset, I am curious as to how you came to the thought in the first place, since the moon and it’s phases do not align to hours at all.
I assumed that lunar months are delimited by full moons, but I was wrong.
Huh full moons could coincide at any time of the day, and depends on where on earth you are when it happens