Shenkuu Lunar Temple

The Shenkuu Lunar Temple is a daily which requires either a bit of abstract thinking and understanding of the phases of the moon, or a little bit of division and rounding, but if you are not good at that, we'll help you get it right!

The Angle Measure

As Kreludor moves around Neopia, it forms an angle between the three points. But unlike your math class, zero degrees is a straight line from the Sun through Neopia to Kreludor. As the moon orbits clockwise around Neopia, the angle increases. This results in the changes in the phases of the moon.

To find your angle measure, you must dig through Neopets Source Code. To do this, the most common method is to click on a blank area of the page and select "View Page Source" or something similar. This will depend on what browser you have. If you have trouble, try looking for a "View Source" option under the "View Menu".

Now search the source (Usually Control + F or CMD + F) for "&angleKreludor". You should then see some code like this line: angleNeopia=144&angleKreludor=169&viewID=2. You will want to pay attention to the number following angleKreludor=, in this case it is 169.

Calculations

Now you will need to find which phase of the moon Kreludor is at. To do this, take your angle measure (found in the above step), and divide by 22.5. This number may be a decimal, so you will need to be able to round. If the number after the decimal is 5 or greater, you will add one to the number before the decimal and drop all numbers after the decimal. If the number after the decimal is 4 or less, you will drop all numbers after the decimal. The resulting number will tell you which phase of the moon the Gnorbu is displaying for you if you use the chart below. If the rounded number is 0 or 16, it will be a full moon, but if it is 8, there will no visible moon. If your head is spinning from all of that math, then simply enter your angle above at the top of this guide!

Prizes

For correctly analyzing the phase of the moon, you will receive one of the prizes in the table below.

For guessing, or calculating incorrectly, you will still get a prize, granted not as good with one exception: You want Rainbow Piles of Dung.

This article was written by: Stephen