>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
Since humans have walked the earth, we have
Astronomy
stared at the changing moon with wonder. But
compels the soul
whattoreally causes the appearance of the moon
look upwards and to change so drastically ?
leads us from this
world to another.
- Plato The answer has to do with the position of not just
moon but the sun and the earth as well. This is
also what causes eclipses and tides.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
Remember that the sun is the
center of our solar system and
the Earth is revolving around the
sun as the year goes by and
rotating on its axis.
The moon is
the first milestone
on the road to the
stars.
- Arthur C.
Clarke
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
But at the same time, the moon is
revolving around the earth and
rotating on its own axis.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
The moon revolves around the earth approximately every 29
days. Its rotation is also approximately 29 days. So the same
side of the moon is always facing the earth.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
The Moon does not give off its own
light but reflects light from the sun.
Half of the moon that faces the earth
is not always the half that is being lit
by the sun.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
When it is
darkest, men
see the stars.
- Ralph Waldo
Emerson
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
The light from the sun is hitting the
side of the moon facing away from
the Earth.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
Keep your
eyes Approximately one
on the stars, week later, we see
and your feet on half of the lighted
the ground. side of the moon.
- Theodore This is called a first
Roosevelt quarter moon.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
Two weeks after the new moon, a
full moon appears. The entire
lighted side of the moon is facing
earth.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
Three weeks after the new
moon, a third quarter moon
appears. We can see half of
the lighted surface of the
moon from earth.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
Four weeks after the new moon, another new moon appears and the cycle
starts again.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
Gibbous Waxing means
means to be to grow
humpbacked
In between each
of the quarter
phases are other
distinct phases.
Waning
means to
decrease
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
•There are two high tides and
two low tides each day.
• Tides are caused by the pull
of both the sun and the moon
on the Earth.
•Changes in the positions of
the Earth, sun, and moon affect
the height of the tides
throughout the month.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
•Caused when the earth, moon, and sun are in a straight line
•The combination of the gravitational pull of the sun and moon
cause the ocean of the Earth to Bulge.
•Spring tides occur during new and full moons.
•Spring tides have the greatest range between high and low tides.
Really high, high tides and really low, low tides.
•Named from an Old English term meaning to jump -- NOT FROM
THE SEASON
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
•When the earth, moon, and sun are at a right angle
•Occur during first and third quarter moons.
•Produce the least range between high and low
tide.
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
Surely the
stars are
images of love.
- Philip James
Bailey
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>
