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  2. Lunar phase - Wikipedia

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    The Moon then wanes as it passes through the gibbous moon, third-quarter moon, and crescent moon phases, before returning back to new moon. The terms old moon and new moon are not interchangeable. The "old moon" is a waning sliver (which eventually becomes undetectable to the naked eye) until the moment it aligns with the Sun and begins to wax ...

  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 .

  4. 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 ...

  5. Lunar month - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. Moonrise and moonset - Wikipedia

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    A full moon sinking behind San Gorgonio Mountain, California, on a midsummer morning. Moonrise and moonset are times when the upper limb of the Moon appears above the horizon and disappears below it, respectively. The exact times depend on the lunar phase and declination, as well as the observer's location.

  7. Lunisolar calendar - Wikipedia

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    The date of lunisolar calendars therefore indicates both the Moon phase and the time of the solar year, that is the position of the Sun in the Earth's sky. If the sidereal year (such as in a sidereal solar calendar) is used instead of the solar year, then the calendar will predict the constellation near which the full moon may occur. As with ...

  8. Libration - Wikipedia

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    The lunar phases and librations in 2019 in the Northern Hemisphere at hourly intervals, with music, titles, and supplemental graphics Simulated views of the Moon over one month, demonstrating librations in latitude and longitude. Also visible are the different phases, and the variation in visual size caused by the variable distance from the Earth.

  9. Astronomical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Moon and lunar phases [19] Referent Symbol Unicode code point Unicode text display [20] Represents Moon [21] [22] [23] U+263D (dec 9789) ☽︎: an increscent (waxing) moon (as viewed from the northern hemisphere) [22] [23] U+263E (dec 9790) ☾ a decrescent (waning) moon (as viewed from the northern hemisphere) new moon [22] [23] U+1F311 (dec ...