Welcome To Yavin IV

All of the depictions below are shown with respect to the Stations Of the Day:

As the moon Yavin IV rotates (counterclockwise in this view) a point on its surface moves in turn to the locations shown. Terms for times during the night are "invented", corresponding to similar times during the day. We are looking down on Yavin IV's north pole.

Yavin IV's rotation and its revolution about the gas giant Yavin time out in such a way that the location at which a given point on the surface sees dawn gradually recesses backward around its orbit. (see more details) This takes roughly 24½ days:

Here are diagrams of the sky view for each of the stations of the day, for Days 1, 6, 12, and 18 out of this recession cycle. For each day, a diagram of the positions of the stations of the day relative to Yavin IV's orbit is shown, and below that are the sky views themselves.

Day 0		Day 6
	(1) dawn
	false dawn (day 6)
	(2) mid-morning
	(3) noon
	eclipsing (day 0)
	(4) mid-afternoon
	false dusk (day 6)
	(5) dusk
	(6) mid-fore-night
	(7) midnight
	(8) mid-afternight
Day 12		Day 18
	(1) dawn
	(2) mid-morning
	(3) noon
	(4) mid-afternoon
	(5) dusk
	(6) mid-fore-night
	(7) midnight
	(8) mid-afternight

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