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2. Lunar phase - Wikipedia

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   A lunar phase or Moon phase is the apparent shape of the Moon 's directly sunlit portion as viewed from the Earth (because the Moon is tidally locked with the Earth, the same hemisphere is always facing the Earth). In common usage, the four major phases are the new moon, the first quarter, the full moon and the last quarter; the four minor ...

3. Lunar calendar - Wikipedia

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   A lunar calendar is a calendar based on the monthly cycles of the Moon 's phases ( synodic months, lunations ), in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based on the solar year. The most widely observed purely lunar calendar is the Islamic calendar. [ a] A purely lunar calendar is distinguished from a lunisolar calendar, whose ...

4. When is June's full moon? Rare Strawberry Moon will be ... - AOL

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   The Strawberry Moon will be visible from Texas around 8:10 p.m. Friday, June 21, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac's moon calendar.

5. New moon - Wikipedia

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   The new moon, in Hebrew Rosh Chodesh, signifies the start of every Hebrew month and is considered an important date and minor holiday in the Hebrew calendar. The modern form of the calendar practiced in Judaism is a rule-based lunisolar calendar, akin to the Chinese calendar, measuring months defined in lunar cycles as well as years measured in ...

6. Cherokee calendar - Wikipedia

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   As such the 13-moon phase calendar was gradually replaced by a 12-month calendar. However, the months were still associated with ceremonies and are still practiced by traditional Cherokee today. Below is a list of months according to the Julian calendar followed by their Latin transliterated Kituwah and Overhill dialect name and then Cherokee ...

7. Why did the moon look orange in Texas on Thursday night ... - AOL

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   In the summer, the moon is closer to the celestial equator, as well as Earth's horizon due to the tilt of the planet's axis. This is why we see more vibrant-colored moons in the summer.

8. Lunar month - Wikipedia

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   Lunar month. In lunar calendars, a lunar month is the time between two successive syzygies of the same type: new moons or full moons. The precise definition varies, especially for the beginning of the month. Animation of the Moon as it cycles through its phases, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere.

9. Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023 - Wikipedia

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   A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular ...