cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43307224
Diagram illustrating various phases of the Moon in their order of appearance starting from the New Moon and progressing through Crescent, First Quarter, and Gibbous to reach the Full Moon. It is followed by Gibbous, Last Quarter and Crescent to complete full circle at the New Moon again.
The gray circle around the Earth shows the Moon’s orbit. The dotted gray line illustrates moon’s trajectory. The solid ivory line passing through the earth is indicative of Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Notice that this graphical representation can be misleading, as the Earth & Moon’s path around the Sun is actually always concave towards the Sun[1].
Author: Fresheneesz~commonswiki
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Now do tides!
Hum… The phase where the Moon is shrinking is called Crescent?
Useful. As much as I’m comfortable with the general movements of Earth and Sun (i.e. seasons, latitudes, and so on) it’s always been a bit of a mystery what the Moon is doing.
This makes things a bit clearer.
And what is the advantage to knowing this
It’s useful for flirting with a very specific type of nerd. Also I think it’s good for if you want to cast certain spells. And, unlikely though it may be, you could turn into a werewolf and it’s nice to be prepared.
Are you a very specific type of nerd?
Lunar Sabbatarians already know this.
