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  2. Lunar effect - Wikipedia

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    Moonrise by the Sea.Biologists as well as artists and poets have long thought about the Moon's influence on living creatures. The lunar effect is a purported correlation between specific stages of the roughly 29.5-day lunar cycle and behavior and physiological changes in living beings on Earth, including humans.

  3. Moon illusion - Wikipedia

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    A simple way of demonstrating that the effect is an illusion is to hold a small pebble (say, 0.33 inches or 8.4 millimetres wide) at arm's length (25 inches or 64 centimetres) with one eye closed, positioning the pebble so that it covers (eclipses) the full Moon when high in the night sky.

  4. Moon - Wikipedia

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    The lunar effect is a purported unproven correlation between specific stages of the roughly 29.5-day lunar cycle and behavior and physiological changes in living beings on Earth, including humans. The Moon has long been associated with insanity and irrationality; the words lunacy and lunatic are derived from the Latin name for the Moon, Luna.

  5. Lunar precession - Wikipedia

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    Lunar precession is a term used for three different precession motions related to the Moon. First, it can refer to change in orientation of the lunar rotational axis with respect to a reference plane , following the normal rules of precession followed by spinning objects.

  6. Lunar standstill - Wikipedia

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    The lunar standstill phenomenon was probably known from Megalithic times. In high latitudes, there was a period within the 18.6 years cycle, when the Moon became circumpolar. [4] It would have drawn the attention of locals. In other latitudes, the major lunar standstill featured constant scene illumination during the full Moon.

  7. The lunar far side is wildly different from what we see ... - AOL

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    Chang’e-6 is just one mission heading to the moon’s far side as NASA has plans to send robotic missions there as well. Denevi helped design a mission concept for a lunar rover called Endurance ...

  8. ‘Like going to the moon’: Why this is the world’s most ...

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    He calls it a “funneling effect.” Then there’s the speed at which the water is thrashing through. The Drake is part of the most voluminous ocean current in the world, with up to 5,300 ...

  9. Lunar swirls - Wikipedia

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    Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Wide Angle Camera image of Reiner Gamma Another view of Reiner Gamma swirls Mare Ingenii Swirls east of Firsov crater, from Apollo 10. Lunar swirls are enigmatic features found across the Moon's surface, which are characterized by having a high albedo, appearing optically immature (i.e. having the optical characteristics of a relatively young regolith), and (often ...