Ready for some astro-pareidolia? This week, we look no further than Earth's Moon, which reaches 1st Quarter phase this coming Sunday. The Moon reaches First Quarter phase for lunation 1156 (which dates synodic cycles of the Moon using what's called the Brown Lunation Number all the way back to January 17, 1923) this weekend on Sunday, June 12th, at 9:10 EDT/13:10 UT. Every culture sees something different in the face of the Moon. The Chinese saw a rabbit, and named the Yutu 'Jade Rabbit' rover i...
Ready for some astro-pareidolia? This week, we look no further than Earth's Moon, which reaches 1st Quarter phase this coming Sunday. The Moon reaches First Quarter phase for lunation 1156 (which dates synodic cycles of the Moon using what's called the Brown Lunation Number all the way back to January 17, 1923) this weekend on Sunday, June 12th, at 9:10 EDT/13:10 UT. Every culture sees something different in the face of the Moon. The Chinese saw a rabbit, and named the Yutu 'Jade Rabbit' rover i...
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