Phases
Lunar Months
Craters
Time zones
Temperature
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we are seeing a crescent Earth when we're seeing which phase?
What is a gibbous moon
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the length of time it takes the moon to circle the Earth, measured from one perigee to the next: 27 days, 13 hours, 18 minutes, 37.4 seconds. Which Lunar month is it?
What is Anomalistic
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formed by asteroids and comets that collided with the moon
What is The lunar craters
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each what is exactly 29.530589 Earth days?
What is a lunation
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what ranges from an extremely low minus 280 degrees F at night to a very high 260 degrees F in the daytime?
What is The temperature at the lunar equator
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What phase do we see when the Earth is at new phase?
What is a full moon
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the length of time it takes the moon to pass through one of its nodes and return to it: 27 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes, 35.9 seconds is which Lunar Month?
What is Nodical
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The custom of applying personal names to the lunar formations began in 1645 with who?
What is Michael van Langren
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Franklin developed a system he called what?
What is "lunar mean solar time" or Lunar Time (LT).
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where is the temperature always near minus 400 degrees F ?
What is deep craters near the moon's poles
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What phase is it when we see a full Earth?
What is a new moon
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the length of time it takes the moon to circle the Earth, using the stars as a reference point: 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11.5 seconds. Which Lunar month is this?
What is Sidereal
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what catalog listed the names of all formations adopted by the International Astronomical Union.
What is "Who's Who on the Moon"
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A lunar hour was defined as what?
What is a "lunour"
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what is it called as the moon moves into the Earth's shadow?
What is a lunar eclipse
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it is a last-quarter Earth when we're seeing which phase?
What is a first-quarter moon
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the length of time it takes the moon to circle the Earth, using the sun as the reference point : 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, 2.7 seconds, is which Lunar Month?
What is Synodical
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who continues to decide the names for craters on our moon?
What is the IAU
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Which president was presented with a wristwatch that could be used only on the moon?
What is Richard M. Nixon
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the surface temperature can plunge about 500 degrees F in less than 90 minutes during which kind of eclipse?
What is a lunar eclipse
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we can see the Earth glow when the moon appears at which phase?
What is a crescent
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How many Lunar Months are there?
What is 4
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The names of craters now tend to fall into how many groups?
What is two groups
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Franklin envisioned local lunar time zones similar to what?
What is the standard time zones of Earth
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Which 3 temperature scales are used? or at least quoted
What is Celsius, Fahrenheit, even Kelvin