Durin's Day

09-01-2000, 05:46 PM

In The Hobbit, it defines Durin's Day as "the first day of the last moon of autumn, when the sun and the moon are in teh sky together." Something like that, please correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, there's this 1974 Tolkien calender lying around the house, and in one scene it has Tolkien's depiction of the death of Smaug. It is a rough draft, with Tolkien's notes to himself on it. Near the moon, it says "the moon should be a crescent, it was <unreadable> after the New Moon on 'Durin's Day'.
If Durin's Day is a new moon, how are you supposed to tell if the sun and the moon are in the sky together. You can't SEE a new moon. Or am I getting my phases mixed up?

09-01-2000, 05:46 PM	#1
dunedain lady Guest Posts: n/a	Durin's Day In The Hobbit, it defines Durin's Day as "the first day of the last moon of autumn, when the sun and the moon are in teh sky together." Something like that, please correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, there's this 1974 Tolkien calender lying around the house, and in one scene it has Tolkien's depiction of the death of Smaug. It is a rough draft, with Tolkien's notes to himself on it. Near the moon, it says "the moon should be a crescent, it was <unreadable> after the New Moon on 'Durin's Day'. If Durin's Day is a new moon, how are you supposed to tell if the sun and the moon are in the sky together. You can't SEE a new moon. Or am I getting my phases mixed up?

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