m
starts
craters. One feature of these craters
So we can see that the Moon
. This refers
to the transition of the Moon from
y.
The relation of the phases of the Moon with its revolution around Earth. The sizes of Earth and Moon, and their distance you see here are far from real. On this image
the following also are depicted: the synchronous rotation of the Moon, the motion of the Earth around the common center of mass, the difference between the sidereal
and synodical month (green mark), the Earth’s axial tilt.
Credit: Orion 8 via wikipedia.com
Moon phases: Past present and future
By Christine Nobbe
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