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Eagleby Garden Club Inc
Friendship through gardening
President: Margaret Duel 3287 2151 Vice President: Les Turner 0431 932 624
Treasurer: Jenny Routledge 3807 6161 Secretary: Sue Bischoff 3287 3771 Editor Robbie Recoquillion
No.8 - August 2011
Hello Members
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
We had an interesting speaker last month in the person
of Jason Peoples from Neutrog. It would appear the
company is moving ahead in leaps and bounds
and each person present was given a box of five
Neutrog products. I don't know if it is my imagination or
not but my lettuce plants are definitely larger since
I fertilised them with the Rocket Fuel pellets. Now all
that is needed is some rain (and warmer weather).
Thanks go to the members who provided some very nice
plants for the exhibit at the Beenleigh library. Apparently
it was well received with quite a few people commenting
favourably on the display.
Our sympathy goes to Val Rogers and family on the loss
of Vic who has not been in good health and passed
away 10-8-11. Muriel McPhail represented our club as I
was already committed to attending another funeral at
the same time.
Thanks also to Muriel for stepping in with her talk about
termites when Hilma was unable to attend - hopefully
she will be well enough to give her talk this month.
There will be no library books available at the
September meeting so if any are required or desired
please borrow them this month for return in
October.
Preparations are under way for our 10th Anniversary
and Friendship Day next month on the 24th. The
meeting will begin with morning tea at 9.30am- tea,
coffee and a two pack of Arnotts biscuits. Approximately
10.00am I will welcome our visitors and then ask our
speaker for the day Mr. Paul Plant - the editor of Sub
Tropical Gardening – to entertain and enthral us with his
knowledge.
Possibly a couple of our guests would then like to say a
few words.
After that the table display winner will be announced
followed by birthdays, lucky door and raffles. We will
also have a 150 number raffle with 3 x $50 prizes.
Tickets will be $2 each and selling will begin this
meeting.
Assistance will be requested this meeting for 6 members
to greet visitors at the door and at least a further 6 will
be needed for kitchen duties and food dispensing and
replenishing. A book will be passed around at this
meeting for members to indicate whether they will be
bringing sweet or savoury finger food.
Happy gardening
Margaret
OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON
Saturday 27 August 2011
Fryar Road Community Hall, Eagleby
Commencing at 9:00 am
August
DPI
Wayne
SPEAKER
HALL SETTING UP
Fire ants
Paper shredding as mulch
A big thank you to the usual setup regulars.
KITCHEN DUTIES
Liz Paton, Cynthia Eaton and Anne Hackwood.
COFFEE MORNING
A coffee morning is held on the 2 nd Monday of the
month. Do you fancy a chat over a Cappuccino?
If you are free why not come along to the next Coffee
and Cake chat morning!
Date: Monday 12 September 2011
Time: 10:00am
Place: Beenleigh Mitre 10 MEGA
or Mt Warren Park Nursery
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TREASURER’S REPORT – August 2011
INCOME: $386.10 made up from Admission, Plants,
Raffles, Memberships and Badges.
EXPENDITURE: $878.47 made up from Hall Hire $50,
Donations $200 (RSPCA and Care Flight $100 each),
Aust Post $60 (Stamps), Desley Drevins $11.20
(Badges), Logan Stationery (Notepads, Biscuits and
Styrofoam cups for friendship day), Jenny Routledge
$85.31 (Reimbursement for Plant Table Prizes and
Items for Friendship Day)
BALANCE: now is $4,518.66
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and or advertisers in this Newsletter do not necessarily reflect those of
the Eagleby Garden Club and/or its editor. The information contained
in this Newsletter has been obtained from sources deemed to be
reliable. However, the accuracy cannot be guaranteed and persons
interested must rely on their own enquiries.
Printing Courtesy of Bert Van Manen MP
Federal Member for Forde

MINUTES GENERAL MEETING 30/07/2011
WELCOME: Margaret opened the meeting at 9.37am
(54 members present).
Thank you to all helpers today BUT COULD WE
PLEASE HAVE SOME MORE GENTLEMEN TO HELP
WITH THE SETTING UP OF THE TABLES AND
CHAIRS PLEASE.
APOLOGIES: Elaine Street, Patricia Ferguson, Norma
Burnett, Janet Stevens, Hilma Kursin, Tony Castro, John
and Phyllis Lee.
NEW MEMBERS: Ruth Kimber and Sheelagh Cooper.
VISITORS: Evon and Alan Summers (Robbie‟s parents),
Janette Keith (from Rocky Point Mulching) and her
Mother Joan Fucher.
GUEST SPEAKER: Jason Peoples from Neutrog gave
an informative talk about all of the Neutrog products. A
big thank you to Jason for all of the boxes of samples for
everyone as well as the product he gave away.
CORRESPONDENCE: As read, moved for acceptance
Sue 2 nd Joan Hartas (so much a copy in the minutes
book). As part of the inwards correspondence there
were 2 letters from RACQ Careflight and RSPCA – the
membership agreed to donate $100.00 to each charity.
TREASURERS REPORT: Jenny moved that her report
as per the Newsletter be accepted.
Seconded Gail Law
GENERAL BUSSINESS:
John Lees' father passed away, a Sympathy Card is to
be sent on behalf of the members.
Phillip Williams spoke about telephone calls re credit
card fraud; Betty said she has had the same.
Teresa Kelly is interested in getting a Walking Group
going 2 mornings a week about 7am – if you are
interested please see Teresa.
Christmas Party the RSL Mt Warren Park, Beenleigh
Bowls Club and Beenleigh Tavern are already booked
out for 10 th December. A vote between Strikers and
Sports Club – majority voted for Strikers.
greet and also for members to let us know what food
they'll bring (sweet/savoury) on the day.
Display Table: 1 st Hans Schmidt - orchid, 2 nd Hans
Schmidt – fruit, 3 rd Betty Vander Poorten – orchid.
Thanks to Joan Hartas for standing in for Janet.
Lucky Door winner this month was Lynnie Brown.
Thank you to all helpers and Liz for the Brom for the
raffle.
Birthdays and Raffles.
Kitchen Duties for the August meeting – Liz Paton,
Cynthia Eaton and Anne Hackwood.
MEETING CLOSED: for morning Tea at 11.15am
FUTURE GUEST SPEAKERS
Month Speaker Topic
September Paul Plant
Friendship Day
October Carol Kerkin Roses
November Alan Bardwell
Did you know?
GCGC address so members can access yourself.
www.qcgc.net/Newsletter1/index.htm
SATURDAY CLUB DAY MORNING TEA
Don‟t forget to bring along a
plate of goodies to share for
Morning Tea.
July 2011
Display Table Winner
1 st Hans Schmidt - orchid
2 nd Hans Schmidt – fruit
3 rd Betty Vander Poorten – orchid
Muriel McPhail spoke to us about her home garden and
the problems she has had with termites.
The Speaker for next month is a person from the DPI re
Fireants as they have been found in abundance in this
area.
Collin Campbell will be at Mitre 10 Mega 10am – 12noon
on Saturday 13/08/2011 and same time on Sunday
09/10/2011.
We've been invited again this year to put up a display at
the Beenleigh Library – Barry Carlton, Hans, Margaret,
Jenny, Betty and Sue said they would bring plants at
9am Monday 08/08/2011 and collect them on Friday
12/08/2011.
Friendship Day. Plans are going well, we've asked for 6
members to help in the kitchen, 6 members for meet and
Hans Schmidt - orchid
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2011 CLUB SPONSORS
By Winifred Brand ©
TO A LITTLE BOY…GROWN UP
By Winifred Brand ©
We see you now, a grown-up man,
your child upon your knee…
but in our hearts the years roll back
to days that used to be.
Where is that little boy we knew
who never could sit still?
Who sought the why’s of everything,
his hungry mind to fill?
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Where is that gangling, teen-aged lad
who thought he “knew it all”…
who now holds out a steady hand
toward one who starts to fall?
Neumann’s Petrol Station on
Distillery Road, Beenleigh
very kindly donates a monthly $20.00 petrol voucher for
the Club raffle. Members please support this very
generous sponsor.
They still are there, that gangling lad,
that little boy…unseen.
We just lost track…so fast you grew
in years that came between.
Do remember to mention that you are an Eagleby
Garden Club Member when you fill up.
Shopper Docker Discounts
Neumann‟s Beenleigh will honour all date valid shopper
dockets from Coles, Bilo, Woolworths, and Liquorland
Conditions apply check at their counter.
To Dads Everywhere
Don‟t forget to continue to check out the excellent
garden department at Mitre 10 MEGA Store, Beenleigh
and say G’day to John and his Staff.
Do remember to mention that you are an Eagleby
Garden Club Member.
John continues to be more than generous with free
plants for our monthly raffle and deserves our support
when we are in the market for all things horticultural.
Thanks John & Mitre 10
Father's Day - Sunday, September 4, 2011
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SENDING OUT OUR THOUGHTS
AND VERY BEST WISHES
Sending our best wishes to any members who are
unwell. We hope you make a speedy recovery and that
we see you at the next club day.
BIRTHDAYS
Members in attendance, who celebrate
a birthday this month, will receive a
Scratch-it ticket.
Good luck and
Happy Birthday to you all.
Take your medicine and get well soon.
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It all began with an iPhone...
March was when my son celebrated his 15th
birthday and I bought him an iPhone. He just loved
it, who wouldn‟t?
LIBRARY
If possible, please return
borrowed books at the next
Meeting. If you wish to renew
items, please see the Librarian.
To make our Librarian‟s life much
easier, please ensure that when
returning library items, they are in
a plastic bag with your name
attached. A reminder that all lost
or damaged books must be
replaced, or paid for.
I celebrated my birthday in July and my wife made
me very happy when she bought me an IPad.
My daughter‟s birthday was in August so I bought
her an iPod Touch
September came by, so for my wife‟s birthday I her
an iRon.
Note: There will be no library books available at the
September meeting so if any are required or desired
please borrow them this month for return in
October.
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Moment
by moment
we create our
life's
Adventure
Live in the
moment
and make it
so beautiful
that it will be worth
remembering
QUIZZICAL
It was around then that the fight started!!!
What my wife failed to recognise is that the iRon
can be integrated into the home network with the
iWash, iCook and iClean.
This unfortunately activated the iBitch!
Which led me to the iHospital and iGet out
Thursday!!!
1. Where do Pelargoniums originate from?
2. Rhizomes are a type of what plant?
3. What herb beginning with „A‟ has soothing
properties?
4. Cacti are often referred to as what?
5. Kale, Cauliflowers, Brussel Sprouts are all what
type of vegetable?
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EMAILED NEWSLETTER
6. A beer trap can help control what type of pest?
If you have an email address and would like to receive
your newsletter electronically and in colour please email
the editor at robyreco@bigpond.net.au
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People want the front of the bus, the back of the church,
and the center of attention.
Words by Ross Greenwood from the Money News
program on 2GB.
Flowers for all of you with the correct answers!!!!!
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OVER THE FENCE
Glebe Garden Club (Ipswich) presents "Ipswich
Home Gardeners Expo" on Saturday 27th August
2011, 8.30 am to 3.00pm (same day as our club
meeting). Cnr Glebe Rd & Green St. Booval.
Plenty of parking in Green and Eileen Streets.
Guest Speakers Paul Plant and Noel Burdette plus
a number of specialist guest speakers throughout
the day. Entry $3.00 (under 12 free). Food
available all day, musical entertainment, lots of
plant stalls.
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Laidley Garden Club presents “Gardens and
Flowers” at the Laidley Cultural Centre, Plainland
Road, Laidley on the 8th/9 th /10 th September 2011.
Featuring 11 Alcoves – 30 Floral Floor
Arrangements, Plants for Sale. Doors open
Thurs/Fri 9am to 4.30pm Sat.9am to 3.30pm.
Refreshments available, Admission Adults $3.00 –
Proceeds shared with Red Cross.
Contact person Heather King Ph.5465.1413
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Buderim Garden Club Inc presents “Buderim
Garden Festival” Sept 10 th /11 th = 6 beautiful open
gardens, flower show, specialists plant stalls,
interesting speakers and many more.
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Gold Coast Succulent and Bromeliad Soc. Inc.
Annual show, plant sale and displays, sausage
sizzle, refreshments and craft stalls.
Sat 17 th Sept at Carrara Community Centre,
Nielsens Road, Carrara
Further info Ph.5546.1161 Narelle (Secretary)
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Aust Open Garden Scheme
Dennis and Christine Nielsen,
59 Kunde Street,Cornubia/Loganholme.
Sept. 17 th and 18 th
10am to 4.30pm (Usually $6/$7 entry)
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Aust Open Garden Scheme
“The Shambles”
Sat.17 th and Sun 18 th Sept. 9am to 4.30pm
85 Western Ave, Montville (Admission $6)
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Society For Growing Australian Plants (Q) Inc has
their Annual Display of Australian Native Flowers
and Plant Sale Sat.17 th Sept 9am – 4pm and Sun.
18 th Sept 9am to 3pm at the Mt Coot-tha Botanic
Gardens Auditorium.
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Spring Time on the Mountain – Open Gardens Trail
Fri.30 th Sept. Sat 1 st and Sun 2 nd October 9am –
4pm. Trail passes $15 per person available prior
on application OR at all Open Gardens and Botanic
Gardens – Just follow the road signs.
There are 6 Private Gardens with Plant Stall,
Botanic Artists and Garden Club Cafe with
wandering Harmony Singers.
For more info Ph. 07.5545.3334
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Self Sufficiency Course
Fri 30 th Sept $40.00 and or Sat.1 st October $50.00
at the Hall under Lutheran Church,
10 Sydney Street Nambour
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The Rose Lovers' Association Inc.
All Welcome to our Friendship Day on
1 st October – 2pm at:
St. Michaels Catholic Church Hall,
250 Banks Street, Ashgrove
Guest Speaker, Lucky Door, Raffles,
Plants for Sale, Friendly Like Minded Members and
Afternoon Tea
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Aust Open Garden Scheme
Kureelpa colour
Sun. 2 nd October
10 Hereford Drive, Kureelpa (Admission $5)
In aid of the Sunshine Coast Community Hospice
”Katie Rose Cottage”
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Clifton & District Progress Association.
A weeks entertainment 15 th - 22 nd October 2011
15th/16 th Iris and Rose Show 9am to 4pm, Garden
competitions, Garden Guru Brian Sams at
lunchtime on Sunday. Various sporting events
during the week. Fri.21 st celebrating the local
cinemas 100 th birthday – Fancy Dress Night (Come
as your favourite character), movie and raffles.
Culminating with the Annual Race Day on Sat.22 nd .
For further info – Cynthia Conway ph.4612 3087 –
email cynmike2@bigpond.com –
or ph Marion 4697 3313.
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Butterfly Plants for Poverty Open Garden
Season September 18 –October 30
The owners will have their garden open for a
limited season for garden clubs to visit on a bus
trip. It has been in the Australia‟s Open Garden
Scheme as garden with native Australian plants
that attract small birds. Ray and Delphine are now
focussing their efforts now on encouraging
Australians to develop a small section of their
garden to attract butterflies – and to make our
world a better place. This entire nursery project is
operated by unpaid volunteers and 100% of the
profit generated from plant sales goes directly to
help „the poorest of the poor‟. These are people
who struggle to just survive, literally, as they work
hard for extremely low wages The nursery grows
and sells special plants to help bring back the
butterflies in Australia.
Phone Ray on 0409 491 419 or email:
info@butterflyplantsforpoverty.org
for more details.
584 Bischoffs Rd, off the Gatton-Esk Road.
Visit the website for more information
http://www.butterflyplantsforpoverty.org/
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OVER THE FENCE continued
QCGC – A Garden Affair
Sat .22 nd Oct 10am to 4pm
Sun.23 rd Oct. 9.30am to 3.30pm
Auditorium Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt. Coot-tha
Toowong. (Entry fee $3)
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Tropical Foliage Festival
(International Cordyline Soc. Inc)
Sat.19 th Nov. 8am to 4pm
Sun. 20 th Nov. 9am to 3pm
Cleveland Assembly Hall, Smith Street, Cleveland.
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The Frangipani Gardens (Brisbane's only specialist
frangipani nursery) are at Forrest Lake phone 3278
9332 or visit www.the frangipanigardens.com.au.
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QUIZZICAL ANSWERS
1. South Africa
2. Bulbous
3. Aloe Vera
4. Succulents
5. Western Brassicas
6. Slugs and snails
2 nd Hans Schmidt – fruit
3 rd Betty Vander Poorten – orchid
July Guest Speaker – Jason Peoples from Neutrog
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A Scented Garden – Pointers on setting one up.
From the Healing Garden – Gay Search
BBC Worldwide Ltd, Woodlands, London
Many thanks to Muriel McPhail for sourcing.
While aromatherapy techniques rely mainly on essential
oils, they believe growing scented plants in your garden
offers some benefits as a useful therapy in relieving
physical and mental stress.
The law says – you may take cuttings from plants
growing in gardens, pots, parks or in the wild (you
must have permission before taking from National
Parks.
The Guide Gardening
Readers Digest Australia January 2010
Page 155
Many thanks to Muriel McPhail for sourcing.
Points to help in setting up:
A seating arrangement in a sheltered spot with
chamomile or thyme underfoot.
An arbour or pergola overhead, so that sweet
scented jasmine or honeysuckle, roses or sweet
pea present the flowers at nose height for your
enjoyment.
Borders along pathways of scented flowers and
herbs which when brushed against releasing their
fragrance.
Plants with perfume flower at different times of the
year, by careful planting you can have scent in your
garden virtually all year round.
Raised garden beds or large pots so that bending
down to smell the scent is not an issue.
Scented blooms around or on a deck, patio or a
seating area for relaxation.
Window boxes or post by the door – to raise the
scent up and have it waft indoors.
Lastly it is very important to choose plants with
scent that pleases you and that they complement
each other.
Danger Zone
A man‟s sweetmeat can be a dog‟s poison, as Hazel
Flynn reports.
People who love their gardens and their pets are often
surprised to learn that their outdoor haven can be an
animal danger zone. While most cultivated plants are
fine, some are poisonous to pets.
“It‟s very important to realise that dogs and cats are not
little humans,” says the Australian Veterinary
Association‟s Dr Dross McKenzie. “They have different
chemical systems and they handle food somewhat
differently to us.”
Grapes are a good example. A sweet treat for humans
they‟re toxic to dogs. “Just half a dozen can cause quite
severe kidney problems in dogs,” McKenzie explains.
While grapefruit generally grow out of canine reach, the
ripe fruit falls to the ground, where dogs will find and eat
it.
Macadamia nuts are also toxic for dogs, while avocado
is a no-no for birds. Says McKenzie: “Budgerigars,
cockatiels and canaries are all very susceptible and will
die quite rapidly from a relatively small amount. The
fruit, the rind, the leaves and the bark of the avocado
tree are also poisonous to horses and goats.”
Things I Found About Propagation
From Propagating from Cuttings – John Mason
Kangaroo Press, East Roseville NSW
Many thanks to Muriel McPhail for sourcing.
A cutting grown plant is genetically identical to
the parent plant (the plant from which the cutting
was taken).
Plants grown from seed are not necessarily
identical to either one or other of their parents.
Cuttings provide plants that flower or fruit more
quickly.
In some plant species cuttings will strike more
readily from juvenile material (new growth)
which is healthy and vigorous. The will develop
roots faster and to produce healthier plants
more quickly.
For cats, lilies can be fatal. “A couple of petals are
enough to produce kidney disease and, left untreated,
the cat will most likely die,” McKenzie says. Flowers,
leaves and stems of Easter and Asiatic lilies, as well as
so called day lilies (genus hemeroocallis) are all
dangerous.
The shrub known as Brunfelsia is known as “yesterday,
today and tomorrow” or “morning, noon and night”, for
the way its flowers fade through to white. It is, says dogowner
McKenzie, “a very nice plant. But for some
reason we don‟t understand, dogs are attracted to the
fruit. They eat it, get poisoned, are taken to the vet and
treated, recover, and go back to the plant and eat more
fruit.” The poison causes diarrhoea and convulsions,
and can be fatal without emergency treatment. You
don‟t have to eliminate the Brunsfelsia says McKenzie.
Simply remove the fruit as it appears.
Cuttings taken from a plant in one locality may
not produce plants identical to the parent, if
grown in another locality (environment) e.g.
plant height due to climate and soil type.
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Ingredients:
Cooking this month
Honey Oats Slice
1 Cup rolled oats
1 Cup plain flour
1 Cup coconut
4 oz. butter/margarine
3/4 Cup sugar
1 heaped tablespoon honey
1/3 Teaspoon carb soda
Pinch salt
Method:
Melt butter and honey, mix well into dry ingredients.
Press into greased slice tin.
Bake in moderate oven 18 minutes until golden.
Will be soft when hot but hardens as it cools.
Cut into fingers before cold.
Keeps well.
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Eagleby Garden Club Inc – display in Beenleigh Library
About the Moon Phase Calculator
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/aboutmoonph
ases.html
The Moon Phase Calculator calculates moon, or lunar,
phases for any year between 1 and 2100. Any location
available through the World Clock may be selected, and
the calculator will adjust for local time. If the selected
location observes daylight saving time during parts of
the year, the times shown will reflect that.
Lunation
The lunation number represents the number of times the
Moon has cycled the Earth since January 1923 (based
on a series described by Ernest W. Brown in Planetary
Theory, 1933). One cycle, or lunation, starts at new
moon and lasts until the next new moon.
Duration
Duration is the number of days (d), hours (h), and
minutes (m) between one new moon and the following
one. The average value is 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes
and is called a synodic month. The duration varies from
one lunation to another, most importantly because the
orbit of the Earth and Moon are ellipses rather than
circles, where the orbit speed depends on how close the
orbiting object is to the mass center. For example, the
Moon moves faster when it is closest to the Earth. Some
years, such as 2004, have relatively small duration
differences throughout the year (five hours difference
between minimum and maximum duration), while the
year 2008 will have larger differences (more than twelve
hours).
Moon Phases
The moon phases depend on the position of both the
Sun and Moon with respect to the Earth. The Moon
Phase Calculator shows only the four primary phases of
the Moon: new, first quarter, full and third quarter.
However, the intermediate phases between the primary
phases―waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning
gibbous, and waning crescent―will also be described
below.
New Moon―Positions of the Sun (left), the Moon (middle),
and the Earth (right) at new moon, as seen from the
northern direction of the solar system. The arrows show the
direction of the sun's rays, and the bright part of the Moon
and Earth shows the part illuminated by the sun. Note that
the true distance between the Sun, Earth, and Moon is
much larger than showed in these illustrations.
More information on this topic in the September issue.
Bye - See you next month!
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