Directory of Phases Resources

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This category is for sites featuring astronomical information about the Moon's phases and their observation, as well as charts or programs for calculating the phase of the Moon.

Resources in This Category

• Astronomical calendar

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

• Correct Time and Moon Phase

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

• Moon Phases

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

• Moonstick Information Site

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

• Phase of Moon

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

• Phases of the Moon and Percent of the Moon Illuminated

  http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.php
  Pictures, animations, and brief comments.

• Sky & Telescope: Dating van Gogh's Moonrise

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

• Sky & Telescope: Greek Marathon Dated from Phase of Moon

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

• StarChild Moonlight Madness

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

• The Moon: It's Just a Phase It's Going Through

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

• The UnMuseum's Ponzo and the Moon

  http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/exmoon.htm
  Explains why the Ponzo Illusion makes the Moon appear larger when near the horizon.

• Xphoon

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

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