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  2. Lunar phase - Wikipedia

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    The Moon then wanes as it passes through the gibbous moon, third-quarter moon, and crescent moon phases, before returning back to new moon. The terms old moon and new moon are not interchangeable. The "old moon" is a waning sliver (which eventually becomes undetectable to the naked eye) until the moment it aligns with the Sun and begins to wax ...

  3. The Moon Phases Explained, From the New Moon to the ... - AOL

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    Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the lunar cycle. Here's how.

  4. Moonrise and moonset - Wikipedia

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    Moonrise/moonset for different moon phases Lunar phase (illustration as seen from northern hemisphere) Moonrise [a] Culmination time (highest point) Moonset Best seen New moon: 6 AM Noon 6 PM Not visible unless there is a solar eclipse: Waxing crescent 9 AM Afternoon 9 PM Late morning to early evening First quarter 12 PM Sunset 12 AM

  5. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me - Wikipedia

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    As the nights go by, she watches the Moon gradually reappear in the sky, going from waxing crescent to full Moon. The book introduces children to the lunar phases, showing the Moon "shrinking" and "growing" in the sky every night. [2] The story also tackles concepts of wish-fulfillment and imagination. [3]

  6. Lunar calendar - Wikipedia

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    A lunisolar calendar was found at Warren Field in Scotland and has been dated to c. 8000 BC, during the Mesolithic period. [2] [3] Some scholars argue for lunar calendars still earlier—Rappenglück in the marks on a c. 17,000 year-old cave painting at Lascaux and Marshack in the marks on a c. 27,000 year-old bone baton—but their findings remain controversial.

  7. How to Live by the Moon’s Phases

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    3. First Quarter: 7 to 8 Days After the New Moon. Best for: Making decisions, organizing, finalizing a team or to-do list The first quarter moon brings the first challenge in the lunar cycle ...

  8. Lunar month - Wikipedia

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    The period of the Moon's orbit as defined with respect to the celestial sphere of apparently fixed stars (the International Celestial Reference Frame; ICRF) is known as a sidereal month because it is the time it takes the Moon to return to a similar position among the stars (Latin: sidera): 27.321 661 days (27 d 7 h 43 min 11.6 s).

  9. Moon - Wikipedia

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    The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Tidal forces between Earth and the Moon have synchronized the Moon's orbital period (lunar month) with its rotation period at 29.5 Earth days, causing the same side of the Moon to always face Earth.

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