Multi-Day Moon Phases
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Tar Barian
While in the real world the moon is only really ever full for a single night, in a setting with a moon that has a really long cycle it would be possible for a moon to be full/new/etc. for more than a single calendar day. For example, I have a moon in my setting with a 200 day phase cycle. It would reasonably be full for more than a single night.
I have no idea how you'd actually implement this, I don't know the orbital mechanics well enough to know if there's a way to calculate this. Could possibly just add a "phase length" input somewhere in the moons configuration.
Braden
To be precise, the phase indicator on the calendar represents the moment the moon transitions to that phase; i.e, the start of the phase. The next phase indicator would represent the end of the previous phase.
I think just having a calendar option to "always show moon phase on calendar cell" would work here.
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Tar Barian
Braden That would also explain why the moon phases are different between Fantasy Calendar and LegendKeeper. I think FC shows the zenith of a given phase, not the start.
But yes, if that's the case I think that toggle would work just fine.
Do you have any plans on showing the moon phases on the Gantt view? There's a little space right next to the date that they could possibly fit in (once you've zoomed in far enough).
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Rhys
Braden I would appreciate a setting for this, since one of the moons I work with has a year-long cycle and it made things a bit confusing before I realized how it was working.