12:1512:15, 8 August 2022diffhist−81
New moon
TP: removed any references to "
dark moon" since it is a recently invented term and used in different meanings, so it only confuses this text.
12:1212:12, 8 August 2022diffhist−11
New moon
TP: replaced silly statement: when the Moon is in conjunction with the Sun, the Sun will massively outshine any stars so you cannot observe lunar occultations of stars, definately not with the naked eye.
12:0812:08, 8 August 2022diffhist−55
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New moon
TP: removed erroneous comment. The Moon, like any solar system body, does have a dark side, but its position moves continuously with the
terminator.
13:2313:23, 8 December 2020diffhist+5
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Orbit of the Moon
TP: Keplerian value for mean distance is the first, not the third in the list. The third is the inverse of the time average of the inverse of the distance, not the average distance.
12:2912:29, 6 December 2020diffhist+495
Orbit of the Moon
→Libration: TP: previous anonymous editor is in error. Optical libration in latitude is a perspective effect just like the optical libration in longitude, and its magnitude is equal to the sum of the inclination of Moon's orbit on the ecliptic, and of the inclination of Moon's rotation axis on its orbit.
12:1512:15, 8 August 2022diffhist−81
New moon
TP: removed any references to "
dark moon" since it is a recently invented term and used in different meanings, so it only confuses this text.
12:1212:12, 8 August 2022diffhist−11
New moon
TP: replaced silly statement: when the Moon is in conjunction with the Sun, the Sun will massively outshine any stars so you cannot observe lunar occultations of stars, definately not with the naked eye.
12:0812:08, 8 August 2022diffhist−55
m
New moon
TP: removed erroneous comment. The Moon, like any solar system body, does have a dark side, but its position moves continuously with the
terminator.
13:2313:23, 8 December 2020diffhist+5
m
Orbit of the Moon
TP: Keplerian value for mean distance is the first, not the third in the list. The third is the inverse of the time average of the inverse of the distance, not the average distance.
12:2912:29, 6 December 2020diffhist+495
Orbit of the Moon
→Libration: TP: previous anonymous editor is in error. Optical libration in latitude is a perspective effect just like the optical libration in longitude, and its magnitude is equal to the sum of the inclination of Moon's orbit on the ecliptic, and of the inclination of Moon's rotation axis on its orbit.