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The Moon Phases java applet provides an animated view of the moon, either from Earth, or from above the ecliptic. The animation changes phases and can be seen from a top view, earth view or both. The page also provides vocabulary terms for each of the phases and other interesting information.
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This tutorial explains: how the orbit of the moon creates the different moon phases seen from Earth; the five basic moon phases (new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, and full moons); the sequence these phases follow as the moon orbits Earth such as the waxing and waning sequences; blue moons; and solar and lunar eclipses.
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This
resource
provides
dates
of
primary
phases
of
the
Moon,
the
fraction
of
the
Moon's
visible
disk
illuminated
by
the
Sun,
its
apparent
disk
(current
apprearance),
and
complete
Sun
and
Moon
data
for
one
day.
The
latter
includes
times
of
sunrise,
sunset,
moonrise,
moonset,
transits
of
the
Sun
and
Moon,
and
the
beginning
and
end
of
civil
twilight,
along
with
information
on
the
Moon's
phase.
There
is
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