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Imagine that there was zero inclination to ecliptic for the
Moon's orbit. How often would we have eclipses? 1.There would be
one total lunar eclipse and one total/annular solar eclipse every
lunar month. 2.There would be two total lunar eclipses and two
total/annular solar eclipses every lunar month. 3. There would
never be any eclipses.
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Moon Visibility... The table gives a summary of approximately
when the Moon is visible and where to look (the crescent and
gibbous phases are in between the table values). There are times
during the moon's monthly cycle that the Moon is sometimes visible
in broad daylight! Phase Ahead or Behind the Sun Rise Time in East
Mid-Point In Sky Set Time In West New Within few minutes
SunriseNoonSunset 1st Qtr.6 hrs behindNoonSunsetMidnight Full12 hrs
behindSunsetMidnightSunrise 3rd Qtr.6 hrs
aheadMidnightSunriseNoon
The most common incorrect reason given for the cause of the
Moon's phases is that we are seeing the shadow of the Earth on the
Moon! But this cannot be correct: when the Moon passes through the
shadow of the Earth, we get a lunar eclipse. Anyone who has seen a
lunar eclipse, though, might remember that the Moon actually passes
through the Earth's shadow only rarely, so that can't be why the
Moon has phases. The real reason for the Moon's phases depends on
two things: the Moon is round, and the angle it makes with the
Earth and Sun changes over its orbit.
Phobos www.esa.int/esaMI/Mars_Express/SEM21TVJD1E_1.html
Phobos: Mars moon Captured asteroid
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Phobos Photo by HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA Phobos:
Mars moon Captured asteroid
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http://www.solarspace.co.uk/PlanetPics/Mars/deimos.jpg Deimos
Deimos: Mars moon: captured asteroid
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Question: Every one on the night side of the Earth can see a
total lunar eclipse. They see each part of the event at: 1.the same
clock time. 2.the same time as read from the position of the Sun:
i.e., true solar time. 3.the same time. Really, really, the same
time (i.e., simultaneously) not counting light travel-time effects,
or special or general relativity effects
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Caption: "Lunar base concept drawing from NASA". The large
field with ``furrows'' is probably an array of solar panels. But on
the other hand, someone seems to be turning sod. The long linear
structure is a mass driver is an electromagnetic launch device. A
few experimental mass drivers have existed since 1976.