The Moon is not merely a nighttime object, often appearing during the day. Find out why we can sometimes see the Moon at daytime.
The Moon’s gravitational tug causes Earth’s waters to bulge, birthing tides. During both Full and New Moons, the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in alignment,generating “spring tides.”These tides can swing exceptionally high or low due to the combined gravitational influences of the Sun and Moo...
The lunar bricks need to be tested well before being used because the moon has an extreme (极端的) environment. Quakes (月震) often happen there, and cosmic radiation (宇宙辐射) is high. It gets as hot as 180 C dur...
or smashed bean. They are sent from neighbor to neighbor and exchanged among friends during the festival. In cities, confectioners make moon cakes and donate them to the poor. In rural villages, "moon cake societies" are formed to make sure that everyone has an adequate supply of cakes when...
What happens during a solar eclipse?Watch as a shadow slowly crosses the Earth. See all videos for this article The orbital eccentricity also affects solareclipses, in which the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting a moving shadow across Earth’s sunlit surface. If a solar eclipse...
During the great age of telescopic observation in the 17th–19th centuries, portrayals of the Moon usually showed south at the top because the telescopes inverted the image. East and west referred to those directions in the sky—i.e., the Moon moves eastward and so its leading limb was ...
Comparing the size of the moon at different focal lengths (full-frame and crop sensor DSLRs). You can always crop your photo during the photo editing stages of your project to display a larger image. However, capturing the moon at a long focal length will provide more detail and resolution...
Hello, kids, today we are going to learn something about the moon. Now look up at the sky, can you see the moon now? No, it‘s hard to see the moon during the day because the scattering/ˈskætər/ of the atmosphere /...
Capture the full moon. A full moon occurs when the lunar hemisphere facing Earth is completely lit by the sun. The rising full moon can create a “blue hour” where there is enough light from the moon to illuminate it and the surrounding area. During blue hour, you can catch startlinglan...
Credit: Getty Images Kyoto’s poetic lunar celebrations Few places in the world are as radiant asKyotoinautumn, especially during Tsukimi, an ancient full-moon-viewing festival that dates back to the Nara period in the eighth century. This annual celebration has given rise to reams of lunar-in...