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If you missed my first 10 cool things about the Moon, you can read them here. Now you're ready for 10 more. #11. The Moon's ...
Tonight the moon is still not quite full—98 percent illuminated in the waxing gibbous phase. The half of the moon lying towards the sun is lit by sunlight, but the lit half overlaps the visible ...
The substantial difference is in the illumination percentage of the side facing the Earth ... Approximately every day the moon delays its rising (and setting) by about 50 minutes, and this explains ...
On Friday (Nov. 14), the moon will arrive at its last quarter phase at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT), when its disk will be exactly 50-percent illuminated.
Findings confirmed that more shark attacks "than were expected" occurred when lunar illumination was more than 50 percent, while all instances of fewer shark attacks than expected happened at less ...
During this lunar phase, the disc of the moon is nearly exactly 50 percent illuminated by the sun as seen from the Earth. The half-illuminated moon will be viewable over New York at 7:42 p.m. ET ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A new study conducted by Louisiana State University and the University of Florida suggests there may be a relationship between shark attacks and lunar phases. Mor… ...
As the crescent Moon rises early this morning, it lies to the right of Uranus in the eastern sky. Although Uranus is faint - ...
The Moon, quickly approaching New, is now just 5 percent illuminated, with just its western limb (east on the sky) left in sunlight. ... Moonset: 8:50 P.M. Moon Phase: Waxing crescent (9%) ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A new study conducted by Louisiana State University and the University of Florida suggests there may be a relationship between shark attacks and lunar phases. The… ...