Moonrise and moonset today
5:38am-7:30pm EDT
May 14 2018
It's now:
new moon (Dark Moon)
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the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth, or shortly thereafter when it appears as a slender crescent.
When the Moon is in a Waning Crescent phase, In this phase the Moon's illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated.
(Until May 16-21 when it's the next phase)
Is the moon tired?
she looks so pale
Within her misty veil:
She scales the sky from east to west,
And takes no rest.
Before the coming of the night
The moon shows papery white;
Before the dawning of the day
She fades away
-Christina Rossetti
The moon is but a golden skull,
She mounts the heavens now,
And Moon-Worms, mighty Moon-Worms
Are wreathed around her brow.
The Moon-Worms are a doughty race:
They eat her gray and golden face.
Her eye-sockets dead, and molding head:
These caverns are their dwelling-place….
Vachel Lindsay
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Photos/Video by Angmar
& PFF
The moon was likely formed after a Mars-sized body collided with Earth and the debris formed into the most prominent feature in our night sky. It is the only celestial a body beyond Earth that has been visited by human beings.
Distance from the Earth: About 239,000 miles.
"Year" (time to orbit the Earth): About 27 Earth days.
Day: About 27 Earth days.
.nasa.gov
At full Moon, the moon rises at sunsetand sets at sunrise. At 3rd quarter, the moon rises at midnight and sets at noon..…
.astrosun2.astro.cornell.edu/…
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