Epicurus0319 to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat would life be like if we had 2 moons? With 2 different lunar cycles, how would we tell which time of the year it is without months?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhat would life be like if we had 2 moons? With 2 different lunar cycles, how would we tell which time of the year it is without months?Epicurus0319 to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareEpicurus0319OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTrue, it takes 28 days for the moon to orbit us and yet only one of our months is actually 28 days long (and even then it’s 29 if the year’s a multiple of 4). Every other month is either 30 or 31 days long.
True, it takes 28 days for the moon to orbit us and yet only one of our months is actually 28 days long (and even then it’s 29 if the year’s a multiple of 4). Every other month is either 30 or 31 days long.