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NEW MOON
December 29, 2016 @ 1:53 am
From wikipedia: “The lunar phase or phase of the moon is the shape of the illuminated (sunlit) portion of the Moon as seen by an observer on Earth. The lunar phases change cyclically as the Moon orbits the Eart
Glossary
Terms and definitions reproduced from basicastro.com.
Aphelion: Farthest position of a planet from the Sun.
Perihelion: Closest position of a planet from the Sun.
Apogee: the position of the Moon farthest from Earth.
Perigee: the position of the Moon closest from Earth.
Superior Conjunction: Venus or Mercury is on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth.
Inferior Conjunction: Venus or Mercury is between the Earth and Sun.
Greatest Elongation: elongation is the angle between the Sun and a planet as seen from Earth, during eastern elongation, the planet appears as an evening star, during western elongation, the planet appears as a morning star.
Opposition: position in the orbit of a planet when opposites the Sun as seen from Earth.
Conjunction: position in the orbit of a planet when appears closer to the Sun as seen from Earth.
Occultation: Moon occults or eclipses a planet or a star.
Events, dates, and times taken from (1) The Calendar of Astronomical Events, Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.AstroPixels.com – (2) www.seasky.org – (3) www.universetoday.com – (4) earthsky.org – (5) in-the-sky.org – (6) aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/reports/ap16_for_web.pdf.
