Posted on 02/05/2012 8:57:07 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Our Moon's appearance changes nightly. This time-lapse sequence shows what our Moon looks like during a lunation, a complete lunar cycle. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the half illuminated by the Sun first becomes increasingly visible, then decreasingly visible. The Moon always keeps the same face toward the Earth. The Moon's apparent size changes slightly, though, and a slight wobble called a libration is discernible as it progresses along its elliptical orbit. During the cycle, sunlight reflects from the Moon at different angles, and so illuminates different features differently. A full lunation takes about 29.5 days, just under a month (moon-th).
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You of course KNOW why mythical moon deities were almost always female, don’t you?
28 day cycle,Full Moon Lunacy(PMS),Veiled and Mysterious...
I can posit this loony theory, being female, and having been there, done that! LOL!
It's animations, also, can be downloaded or viewed directly; Moon Phase and Libration can be calculated, here. (Scroll Down for animations, stills, etc.)
LOL! We MiQ’Maw and Cajun have the same roots, you know.
“The wise old Cajun will not offer comment...”
Ahhh, the bait was dangled but you chose not to take it?! LOL!
Bet most MiQMaw try to keep that a secret, LOL.
If asked they would probably say "Naw, naw, we ain't related to them crazy Cajuns" :^)
Cajun didn’t get to be *old Cajun* by taking bait, LOL.
LOL!
When the English colonized the New World, they brought their women with them.
When the first French explorers came to Canada, they didn’t.
We’s probably COUSINS! I GUAR-on-TEEE!
};-)
Thanks.
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