Right you are, Mike F. My mistake. I just started doing some research because I realized I didn't understand the lunar cycle all that well (beyond the basics) and wanted to learn more about it. Didn't know for example the role the sun plays in tides or that moon rise and set moves forward each day the same way (and for the same reason) tides do. Had I grown up next to the ocean instead of next to a cornfield maybe I wouldn't be learning this stuff so late in life. Oh well, better late than never. What is a "deke" anyway?