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Almost 13 years living in Australia and it didn't occur to me that of course the moon phases must be the other way around. So for us this is a waxing, not a wan
by mastazi 3y ago
Almost 13 years living in Australia and it didn't occur to me that of course the moon phases must be the other way around. So for us this is a waxing, not a waning crescent: https://emojipedia.org/waning-crescent-moon https://emojipedia.org/waning-crescent-moon and this is waning, not waxing: https://emojipedia.org/waxing-crescent-moon https://emojipedia.org/waxing-crescent-moon
(EDIT: HN doesn't like emojis, sorry)
(EDIT 2: replaced emojis with links to Emojipedia)
- theaussiestew 3y agoI recently realised this too, while trying to integrate moon phases into my app. The ASCII emoji names for the 1st and last quarter moon are completely reversed and that makes complete sense since we're technically upside down. ( ||) First quarter in Northern Hemisphere, 3rd (or last) quarter in Southern (|| ) Last quarter in Northern Hemisphere, 1st in Southern