medieval clocks and moon dials

it is in this time of year you can see the night sky looking at thr big full moon and remembered when everyone else used it in poetry i used it to tell the time using a moon dial phase clock i made from cardboard for anyone interested in such things this is a great site of resources

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/earth.htm check out make a plantisphere, big dipper star clock moon clock and astrolabe templates

I find using the big dipper star clock and noctunal above less useful as they only tell the time on the hour based on the month note you line up cassiopeia and the big and little dippers so they match what you see in the night sky and according to the position you can read the month and hour

the noctunal is something i alwys wanted but real ones are expensive and made of wood and ivory and do not make an easy template i eventually found a diagram of parts of a noctunal which i printed out on cardboard