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Lunar nearside with major maria and craters labeled. Lunar maria (singular mare) are large, dark, regions of the Moon.They do not contain any water, but are believed to have been formed from molten rock from the Moon's mantle coming out onto the surface of the Moon.
added terræ label, rounded 1731.1, bumped up size of radius labels: 14:55, 30 December 2012: ... Moon diagram.svg; Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/October-2018;
The Moon's elongation is its angular distance east of the Sun at any time. At new moon, it is zero and the Moon is said to be in conjunction. At full moon, the elongation is 180° and it is said to be in opposition. In both cases, the Moon is in syzygy, that is, the Sun, Moon and Earth are nearly aligned.
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 ...
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Orbital diagram of the orbital inclination and orbital distances for Neptune's rings and moon system at various scales. Notable moons and rings are individually labeled. Open the image for full resolution. The Neptunian moons are listed here by orbital period, from shortest to longest. Irregular (captured) moons are marked by color.
This oversized W3C-invalid diagram was created with Inkscape. This diagram uses embedded text that can be easily translated using a text editor. This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons ( Featured pictures ) and is considered one of the finest images.
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