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http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/12/12.html

» The Moon: It's Just a Phase It's Going Through Editor's Pick

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific's detailed explanations of the Moon's phases, including positions of the Moon in southern and northern hemispheres during its different phases and the times of day each phase is visible.
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/12/12.html

Sites:

http://wise-obs.tau.ac.il/~eran/Wise/wise_calen.html

» Astronomical calendar
On-line calculator for Moon/Sun Rise/Set, moon phase, sidereal time and Julian day.
http://wise-obs.tau.ac.il/~eran/Wise/wise_calen.html

http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/time/moon-phase-images?searchterm=moon+phase+images

» Correct Time and Moon Phase
From the atomic clock at the United States Naval Observatory. Also allows the user to view the phase of the Moon for any date and time [1800-2199 A.D].
http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/time/moon-phase-images?searchterm=moon+phase+images

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/phonedrmarc/2004_march.shtml

» How long does each phase of the Moon last?
NASA's Dr. Marc of The Space Place answers questions about Moon phases and the lunar month. Includes GIF animation of the Moon going through its phases.
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/phonedrmarc/2004_march.shtml

» Keeping Natural Time
Provides a Lunar Calendar where the moon is the focal point. Each week begins with a phase of the moon new, quarters and full moon, thus taking away the seven day week.
http://lunar-calendar.webs.com/

http://search.cpan.org/~brett/Astro-MoonPhase/MoonPhase.pm

» Moon Phases
Information and Perl script to calculate moon phases including phase illumination age distances angular diameter new/full moon calculation
http://search.cpan.org/~brett/Astro-MoonPhase/MoonPhase.pm

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/phase/phasecat.html

» Moon Phases 5000 Year Catalog
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (GSFC) Five Millennia Catalog of the phases of the Moon.
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/phase/phasecat.html

» Moonstick Information Site
Describes a slide rule Moon phase calendar accurate over 8000 years into the past or future, and provides other methods of computing astronomical information.
http://www.moonstick.com/

» Phase of Moon
Displays the phase of the Moon in a browser window, with times of last and next Full Moon and New Moon.
http://www.die.net/moon/

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/phase.gif

» Phase of Moon GIF
A 100 by 100 pixel GIF image of the current Moon phase on a black background, from the United States Naval Observatory. Accessible as a URL for embedding in web pages.
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/phase.gif

http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~fogel/teaching/labs/moon_phases.html

» Phases of the Moon Exercise
Shows the Moon in eight positions around the Earth to shade in the dark area and the unobservable side.
http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~fogel/teaching/labs/moon_phases.html

» Phases of the Moon and Percent of the Moon Illuminated
Pictures, animations, and brief comments.
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.php

http://skytonight.com/about/pressreleases/3307691.html?page=1&c=y

» Sky & Telescope: Dating van Gogh's Moonrise
Article identifying the exact date and time of van Gogh's Moonrise painting, based on Moon phase calculations.
http://skytonight.com/about/pressreleases/3307691.html?page=1&c=y

http://skytonight.com/news/3309321.html?page=1&c=y

» Sky & Telescope: Greek Marathon Dated from Phase of Moon
Describes how astronomers used phase of Moon calculations and ancient Greek religious festivals to date the original Marathon run.
http://skytonight.com/news/3309321.html?page=1&c=y

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/moonlight.html

» StarChild Moonlight Madness
NASA's Star Child site page that describes the phases of the Moon. Ends with a test to identify the eight Moon phases and their order.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/moonlight.html

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators/teachers_moon_images.shtml

» The Space Place Images of Earth's Moon for the Classroom
NASA Moon images with captions showing different phases, suitable for printing and classroom display.
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators/teachers_moon_images.shtml

» The UnMuseum's Ponzo and the Moon
Explains why the Ponzo Illusion makes the Moon appear larger when near the horizon.
http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/exmoon.htm

» Virtual Reality Moon Phase
The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) Moon phase display for the years 1800 through 2199.
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html

» Xphoon
Xphoon sets the X-Windows root window image to a picture of the Moon in its current phase.
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/xphoon/

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