Seasons/Months on a Habitable Gas Giant Moon

My moon is the basis for a fantasy setting, but I just can't bring myself to abandon science and say "a wizard did it." I want to make the months and seasons realistic, and I want to find a way to make this, or something like this, work. I'm hopeless in math, so I'd like to enlist some help here.

The gas giant probably needs to be larger than Jupiter because its planet is approximately the size of earth. It orbits twin suns in a binary system (the suns circle a mutual center of gravity). I want my moon's day/night cycle on the habitable moon to be six months, meaning a "day and a night" are the same thing as a "year." It's kind of important for the cultures I'm creating.

I'd prefer a way for both sides of the moon to get some sun. I'm also aware that eclipses are inevitable.

So here are my questions:

• How long should the orbital period of the moon be, how far away, and how much would it dominate the sky?
• Axial tilt?
• What would the sky look like throughout the seasons, and what might the seasons be?
• Can I use atmospheric pressure and high winds to equalize the (obviously extreme) temperature differences?
• How might my habitable moon be affected by the rings and other (much, much smaller) moons of this gas giant?
• Is there any way to limit (though not stop entirely) the vulcanism that would doubtlessly plague a moon like this?
• Can I build a remotely earthlike planet "“ in terms of climate "“ in a scenario like this, even taking into account the above mentioned temperature differences?

posted over 8 years ago

Midwinter Sun‭

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