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Gibbous Moon, Tommy Mastro

Gibbous Moon

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
Gibbous Moon, Tommy Mastro

Gibbous Moon

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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What does it mean when you hear the term “gibbous moon”? It’s when the Moon is more than half full, but not quite fully illuminated, when you look at it from the perspective of Earth. The reason the light changes has to do with how the Moon orbits the Earth. The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 382,500 km (237,675 mile

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Gibbous Moon, Tommy Mastro