Posted: Jan 01, 2015 11:04 pm
Veida wrote:If you average the daytime maximum and the nighttime maximum over a year, however, they would be the same - right? (Ignoring variations in tilt.)
Yes, more or less. The averages will even out almost completely after a saros, when the Sun and Moon return to the same configuration.
Veida wrote:There would be no difference between the minimums at day and night at fall and spring equinox. The strength of the daytime minimum would be larger in summer and smaller in winter.
Yes, although the effect of the Moon is stronger than that of the Sun.