Moon complication - what are the two numbers for?

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murlinm Author

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Moon complication - what are the two numbers for?

What are the two numbers under the moon in the moon complication on the Apple Watch face for?

Watch Series 4 (GPS) Alum 44mm

Posted on Oct 17, 2018 8:48 AM

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MarthaF

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Oct 29, 2018 7:31 AM in response to murlinm

Yes, I agree, there should be a more thorough reference by Apple which I cannot locate online. I may call support to get the precise details and will share with you if I get the answers.

The 1st number confirmed by Apple as Moonset.

Apple Support answer regarding the 2nd: "The second numbers should indicate the number of hours the moon is visible from your time zone on that date."

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MarthaF

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Oct 29, 2018 4:54 AM in response to murlinm

The numbers probably indicate the next moon rise in your local time zone; the time and the number of hours until the moon is at the horizon.

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MarthaF

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Oct 29, 2018 6:51 AM in response to murlinm

Looking more carefully, I see that the moon will set in NYC at 12:24 pm, the first number indicated on my watch complication. This is correct according to an astronomy site I checked. My guess is that the static number represents the time span (number of hours) that the moon is actually visible on October 29th from the Eastern US where I live.

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murlinm Author

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Oct 29, 2018 6:01 AM in response to MarthaF

"Probably". Then why do the numbers remain the same for varying periods? The first number should remain the same for the better part of a day, but it has held the same for several days. The second number is worthless unless it is continually changing. I'd like the definitive answer.

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murlinm Author

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Oct 29, 2018 8:49 AM in response to MarthaF

The key there is “should”. My watch still says “50m” I guess “visible” might mean when the sun is also up. Maybe your Apple support contacts might explain why there’s no easy to find documentation that clears all this up. Why put numbers on the watch face without explanation? My watch also says 21:43 which might be when the moon rises locally here (and close to that in the east) Just checked: 21:43 is close to the chart for west coast moon rise, as I thought. Why the drama with these numbers?

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murlinm Author

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Oct 29, 2018 7:09 AM in response to MarthaF

At 7am Pacific Daylight time, my watch says 21:43, 50m This is the first time there hasn't been an "h" number as well. This can't be when the moon is "actually visible". If the first number is moon rise - which makes some sense for my local California time, it would be some nominal several hours different for NYC, no?

We shouldn't be guessing about this! There should be documentation for what these numbers mean and when/why they change. A week ago, the non of the numbers changed at all for three days on my watch.

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Moon complication - what are the two numbers for?

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