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elleng

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Sat Oct 16, 2021, 07:59 PM Oct 2021

Did you know that tonight is the International Observe the Moon night?

First quarter moon was October 12-13, so it's a waxing gibbous moon you'll see in tonight's sky. It's fun to observe the moon with a telescope around these moon phases. Observers look especially along the moon's terminator line, or line between lunar light and dark (day and night). That's the line of sunrises on a waxing moon. And, just as at an earthly sunrise, shadows are longest along the lunar terminator. So lunar features stand out most clearly.
You can look for events near you and participate online, go check it out at EarthSky.org

https://earthsky.org/?fbclid=IwAR2C1acK9v4rExLP7ewJvQsZbMY332bbcvSl1fnCDcWgLWaXYQd_zQ2hrQw

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Did you know that tonight is the International Observe the Moon night? (Original Post) elleng Oct 2021 OP
;-) elleng Oct 2021 #1
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