The Oikofuge: Phenomena

How dark does it get during a total eclipse, a deep partial eclipse, and a very minor partial eclipse? Here are the answers.

Did a partial solar eclipse affect the outcome of the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879? No. Here's why.

A discussion of how the Earth moves in the Moon's sky, due to lunar libration. and of the areas on the Moon's surface where the Earth will be seen to rise and set once a month.

A discussion of the Spilhaus "World in a Square" projection, used to display all the worlds oceans as a continuous body of water, without interruption.

A discussion of the phrase "brass monkey weather", and a refutation of the folk etymology of "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey".