Lunar calendar and tide counter according to historical example, 12 cm | Hemisferium

For those who live on the coast, sail, or like to walk on the dunes, merkit means that the high tide is about 50 minutes later every day. This rhythm comes from the moon. With this lunar calendar and tide calculator from Hemisferium, you follow the age of the moon and thus estimate when it is approximately high tide, just as sailors and fishermen did before there were printed tide tables.

The instrument is 12 cm in size and is primarily a decorative and educational object. You can see the phase of the moon at any given moment. our lunar calendar with the phases of the moon.

Use it to understand how the moon and water are connected, not to plan a trip. For sailing or kayaking, always check the official tide tables.

If you like this kind of instrument, check out the tide calendar with nocturlabium or The perpetual disk calendar from Hemisferium.