MERIDIAN PASSAGE OF THE MOON

MAY & JUNE 2023

Water generally tries to run toward the moon. The flood tide starts running eastward soon after moonrise, continues to run east until about an hour after the moon reaches its zenith (see TIME below) and then ebbs westward. From just after the moon’s setting to just after its nadir, the tide runs eastward; and from just after its nadir to soon after its rising, the tide runs westward. The first hour after moonrise, the westerly current is barely negated. The second hour the flood tide is stronger, the third and fourth hour it’s strongest, then it eases off in the fifth and sixth hours. The maximum tide is three or four days after the new and full moons.

International Opti Regatta, St. Thomas. www.stthomasyachtclub.org

19 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Labour Day)

21 Summer Solstice

21 Fête de la Musique, all French West Indies

22 – 24 St. Kitts Music Festival. www.stkittstourism.kn/music-festival

29 Fisherman’s Birthday, local boat racing in many coastal communities

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