Phases Moon Earth Planets


Describes a slide rule Moon phase calendar accurate over 8000 years into the past or future, and provides other methods of computing astronomical information.








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The Moon: It's Just a Phase It's Going Through* - The Astronomical Society of the Pacific's detailed explanations of the Moon's phases, including positions of the Moon in southern and northern hemispheres during its different phases and the times of day each phase is visible.

  • Sky & Telescope: Dating van Gogh's Moonrise - Article identifying the exact date and time of van Gogh\\'s Moonrise painting, based on Moon phase calculations.
  • Sky & Telescope: Greek Marathon Dated from Phase of Moon - Describes how astronomers used phase of Moon calculations earth and ancient earth Greek religious festivals to date the earth original Marathon run.
  • Virtual Reality Moon Phase - The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) Moon phase display for phases the years 1800 through 2199.
  • Moonstick Information Site - Describes a slide rule Moon phase calendar accurate over 8000 years into the past or future, and provides other methods of computing astronomical information.
  • Moon Phases - Information and Perl script to calculate moon phases earth including phase earth illumination age distances angular diameter new/full earth moon calculation
  • How long does each phase of the Moon last? - NASA\\'s Dr. Marc of The Space Place answers questions about moon Moon phases and the lunar month. Includes GIF animation moon of the Moon going through its phases.
  • Phases of the Moon Exercise - Shows the Moon in eight positions around the moon Earth to shade in the dark area and moon the unobservable side.
  • The Space Place Images of Earth's Moon for the Classroom - NASA Moon images with captions showing different phases, earth suitable for printing and classroom display.
  • Phase of Moon - Displays the phase of the Moon in a earth browser window, phases with times of last and next earth Full Moon and New phases Moon.
  • Xphoon - Xphoon sets the X-Windows root window image to a picture earth of the Moon in its current phase.
  • Phase of Moon GIF - A 100 by 100 pixel GIF image of the current Moon phase on a black background, from the United States Naval Observatory. Accessible as a URL for embedding in web pages.
  • StarChild Moonlight Madness - NASA\\'s Star Child site page that describes the moon phases of phases the Moon. Ends with a moon test to identify the phases eight Moon phases and moon their order.
  • Astronomical calendar - On-line calculator for Moon/Sun Rise/Set, moon phase, sidereal phases time and earth Julian day.
  • The UnMuseum's Ponzo and the Moon - Explains why the Ponzo Illusion makes the Moon earth appear larger moon when near the horizon.
  • Moon Phases 5000 Year Catalog - NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (GSFC) Five Millennia Catalog phases of the earth phases of the Moon.
  • Phases of the Moon and Percent of the Moon Illuminated - Pictures, animations, and brief comments.
  • Correct Time and Moon Phase - From the atomic clock at the United States Naval Observatory.


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