Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Lunation

NASA ^ | February 05, 2012 | (see photo credit)

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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!

[Prospero]

The Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) at NASA Goddard has prepared a virtual movie, based on LRO laser altimetry (LOLA instrument), recently, showing the same 59 percent libration.

It's animations, also, can be downloaded or viewed directly; Moon Phase and Libration can be calculated, here. (Scroll Down for animations, stills, etc.)

- Lunar Pioneer

[The Cajun]

The wise old Cajun will not offer a comment on that :^)

[ExGeeEye]

Also shows libration, the wobble that means we can map more than 50% of the lunar surface with ground observation alone.

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LOL! We MiQ’Maw and Cajun have the same roots, you know.

[momtothree]

“The wise old Cajun will not offer comment...”

Ahhh, the bait was dangled but you chose not to take it?! LOL!

[The Cajun]

We MiQ’Maw and Cajun have the same roots, you know.

Bet most MiQ’Maw try to keep that a secret, LOL.
If asked they would probably say "Naw, naw, we ain't related to them crazy Cajuns" :^)

[The Cajun]

Cajun didn’t get to be *old Cajun* by taking bait, LOL.

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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!
};-)

[RedMDer]

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks.