Been playing ESO for years and this just clicked...

robwolf666

Are the ESO moon phases reversed (compared to irl), or are these tiles just mis-named?

IsharaMeradin

They should be named correctly. In order from left to right in your picture:

1. Full moon
2. Waning moon
3. New moon
4. Waxing moon

Take a look at the following of the Earth's moon for comparison.
https://developingexperts.com/file-cdn/images/get/3c5a178f-0869-44ca-a71d-8b7c740d7209

I think the confusion might lie in the order of display. If the full moon were put in the middle with the waxing on the left and the waning on the right, it would match up to the order as displayed on most images for the Earth's moon.

Gabriel_H

It's correct and matches Earth's lunar cycle. It's just that several phased are missing.

Earth vs Tamriel:

Full
Gibbous
Third Quarter
Crescent
New
Crescent
First Quarter
Gibbous

The four above I have bolded.

katanagirl1

I am more troubled by the fact that the moons seem to be locked in orbit with respect to each other. They would be different distances away and would not be constantly the same visual distance apart.

Gabriel_H

katanagirl1 wrote: »

I am more troubled by the fact that the moons seem to be locked in orbit with respect to each other. They would be different distances away and would not be constantly the same visual distance apart.

Three Body Problem

Blood_again

robwolf666 wrote: »

Are the ESO moon phases reversed (compared to irl), or are these tiles just mis-named?

Simple question: which hemisphere are you from?
The sequence on the screenshot is similar to the lunar phases in Earth northern hemisphere, as the devs are from nothern one.



If you are in the southern hemisphere, then yes, it should look reversed for you. As the real life sequence for you looks like this one