Moon

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Moon

Moon Occults Venus - Brazil & Southern Africa - September 11

Graze map for South Atlantic region of mag -4.5 planet during the daytime on 2010 SEP 11

Full occultation between the two graze paths

Moon Occults Omicron Leonis - North America - October 4

Graze map for North America of mag +3.5 star during the predawn hours on 2010 OCT 04

Full occultation between the two graze paths

Diana’s Bow - September 10

Preview of western sky from Chicagoland with waxing crescent Moon aged 2.7 days beneath Venus, Mars & Spica 25 minutes after sunset on 2010 SEP 10

Waxing Crescent Moon - September 11

Preview of western sky from Chicagoland with waxing crescent Moon aged 3.7 days to the left of Venus, Mars & Spica 40 minutes after sunset on 2010 SEP 11

Old Moon in the New Moon’s Arms over Fireworks - Photo

Taken from Arlington Heights, Illinois by Curt Renz of two-day-old Moon during evening twilight on 2008 JUL 04

August Full Moon Rising through Haze, Clouds and Trees - Photo

Taken from Arlington Heights, Illinois by Curt Renz on 2010 AUG 24 at 29 minutes after moonrise and 12 minutes after sunset

Evening Waxing Crescent Moons (Diana’s Bows) - 2010

Panorama depicting the 12 approximately 10% illuminated waxing crescent Moons from Chicagoland during 2010 named for the archery equipment of the ancient Roman goddess of hunting and the Moon

Morning Waning Crescent Moons - 2010

Panorama depicting the 13 approximately 10% illuminated waning crescent Moons as seen from Chicagoland during 2010

Panorama illustrating the declinations, distances, apparent angular diameters and relative brightness of the 15 Full Moons from 2010 AUG 24 to 2011 OCT 12

29.53-Day Cycle of Lunar Phases

Simplified diagram illustrating how the shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon’s apparent disk changes as our natural satellite orbits the Earth