THE EFFECT OF THE MONTH PHASE ON PHYSICAL PARAMETERS IN MUARA RIVER W Setya* and E Paujiah
Department of Physics Education, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, Jl. AH. Nasution 105, Bandung 40614, West Java, Indonesia.
*suratwindasetya[at]uinsgd.ac.id
Abstract
Light from the sun is the need for living things both on land and in the air. The moon as a medium that reflects sunlight in one month has several phases. This phase affects the situation on earth, especially river mouths. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the moon phase on physical parameters (water temperature, air temperature, wind speed, and light intensity) at the river mouth. This research was conducted in 4 moon phases in the day and night on the physics parameters at 3 coastal estuaries. Based on the results of the study it was found that the moon phase of the physical parameters is very influential on the number of micro-organisms. The number of organisms in each estuary also shows different characteristics according to moon phase conditions.
