Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries

Declination
days, while weather occurring when the Moon is crossing
the equator cannot be trusted to last for too long.
Weather disasters often occur when the Moon is in
the opposite declination to where you happen to be. If the
Moon is up at its northern point, the Southern Hemisphere
can get bad weather and vice versa. This will be further described
when we look at the effects of the atmospheric
tide.
Look at the weather chart for the week of 24 th Jan,
1999. This was the week of the devastating Earthquake disaster
in western Columba, where over 1000 people died.
The date of the disaster was the 26 th of January 1999; exactly
on the Perigee. Three factors, all Moon-related, are
in evidence here.
The Perigee can be relied on to cause trouble, and
it’s proximity to the Full Moon for that month increases
the gravitational effect of the Moon upon the Earth. But
our attention might also be drawn to the fact that the Moon
is near the northern declination on the date. This would add
to the fuss. That means that the moon was already ‘over
that way’, actually almost directly overhead at the time.
Four coincidences.
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