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Lunar phase

A lunar phase or Moon phase is the apparent shape of the Moon's day and night phases of the lunar day as viewed from afar. Because the Moon is tidally locked to Earth, the cycle of phases takes one lunar month and moves across the same side of the Moon, which always faces Earth. In common usage, the four major phases are the new moon, the first quarter…

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Calculating phase

Orientation by latitude

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Lunar phase

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples49
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
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Lunar phase

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see also · 16
Lunar phase → Also, Astronomical, BC Greek, Blue, Change, Earth, Illumination, Lunar, Methods, MoonLunar, MoonPlanetary, Part, Phases, Time, Unit, Unproven
related to Description · 9
Lunar phase → Between, Each, Earth, Earth's, Moon, Moon's, On, Sun, There
related to Effect of parallax · 9
Lunar phase → But, Earth, It, Moon, The, The Earth, The Moon, They, This
related to Waxing and waning · 9
Lunar phase → As, Earth, Half, Moon, Moon's, Sun, The, The Moon, When
related to Principle · 6
Lunar phase → Earth, Moon, Since, Sun, The, The Moon

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moon lunar earth phases new sun crescent month full phase moon's waxing waning day side days calendar orbit one time

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Lunar phaserelated to DescriptionThere0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to DescriptionMoon's0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to DescriptionSun0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to DescriptionEarth0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to DescriptionEach0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to DescriptionEarth's0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to DescriptionBetween0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to DescriptionMoon0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to DescriptionOn0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to Effect of parallaxThe Earth0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to Effect of parallaxMoon0.60section
Lunar phaserelated to Effect of parallaxThis0.60section

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