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Lunar standstill: every 18.6 years, the declination range of the Moon reaches a maximum or minimum.

Lunar precession is a term used for three different precession motions related to the Moon. First, it can refer to change in orientation of the lunar rotational axis with respect to a reference plane, following the normal rules of precession followed by spinning objects. In addition, the orbit of the Moon undergoes two important types of precessional motion: apsidal and nodal.

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Lunar precession

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Lunar precession is a term used for three different precession motions related to the Moon. First, it can refer to change in orientation of the lunar...

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Lunar standstill

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latitude) at lunar standstill varies in a cycle 18.6 years long between 18.134° (north or south) and 28.725° (north or south), due to lunar precession. These...

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Axial precession

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In astronomy, axial precession is a gravity-induced, slow, and continuous change in the orientation of an astronomical body's rotational axis. In the absence...

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Lunar month

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Michelle; Francou, George (2002). "A new determination of lunar orbital parameters, precession constant and tidal acceleration from LLR measurements". Astronomy...

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Year

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is sometimes erroneously used for the draconic or nodal period of lunar precession, that is the period of a complete revolution of the Moon's ascending...

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Lunar node

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the 18.6-year cycle of the lunar nodes. In conjunction with sea level rise caused by global warming, lunar nodal precession is predicted to contribute...

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Nodal precession

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Nodal precession is the precession of the orbital plane of a satellite around the rotational axis of an astronomical body such as Earth. This precession is...

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Moonbase

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A moonbase, lunar base, or lunar colony is a facility on or below the surface of the Moon, enabling human activity on the Moon. As such, it is different...

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Tests of general relativity

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"anomalous" precession of the perihelion of Mercury, the bending of light in gravitational fields, and the gravitational redshift. The precession of Mercury...

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Lunar distance

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Moon, is the distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon. Lunar distance (LD or Δ ⊕ L {\textstyle \Delta _{\oplus L}} ), or Earth–Moon characteristic...

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Wet moon

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Black moon Blue moon Libration Lunar precession Lunar standstill Nodal precession Orbit of the Moon Orbital node Lunar node StarChild Question of the...

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Lunar New Year

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Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or, informally but more widely, lunisolar calendars. Lunar calendars follow the...

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Zodiac

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2nd century BC, as well as into developing the Hindu zodiac. Due to the precession of the equinoxes, the time of year the Sun is in a given constellation...

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Orbit of the Moon

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apsidal precession is distinct from the nodal precession of its orbital plane and axial precession of the moon itself. The mean inclination of the lunar orbit...

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Lunar Laser Ranging experiments

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Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) is the practice of measuring the distance between the surfaces of the Earth and the Moon using laser ranging. The distance can...

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Regulus

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occulted by the Moon. This occurs in spates every 9.3 years, due to lunar precession. The last spate was around 2017, with occultations every month from...

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June 2029 lunar eclipse

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ascending and descending lunar nodes. This period is 383.6734 anomalistic months (the period of the Moon's elliptical orbital precession). Despite the average...

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Moon

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everywhere on the planet, nor at the same time. Because of the precession of the lunar orbit, each year different stars are occulted. It is believed by...

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Pole star

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Guide star Lists of stars Worship of heavenly bodies Due to axial precession, the lunar pole describes a small circle on the celestial sphere every 18.6...

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Lunar theory

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Chapront; M Chapront-Touzé; G Francou. "A new determination of lunar orbital parameters, precession constant and tidal acceleration from LLR measurements", Astronomy...

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Hipparchus

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trigonometry, but is most famous for his incidental discovery of the precession of the equinoxes. Hipparchus was born in Nicaea, Bithynia, and probably...

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Libration

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In lunar astronomy, libration is the cyclic variation in the apparent position of the Moon perceived by Earth-bound observers and caused by changes between...

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Long distance observations

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astronomical sunset. Furthermore, every 18.9 years, due to the lunar precession, a lunar standstill period occurs. This is to some extent analogous to...

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Rahu

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represents the ascension of the Moon in its precessional orbit around the Earth, also referred as the north lunar node, and along with Ketu, is a "shadow...

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January 2084 lunar eclipse

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ascending and descending lunar nodes. This period is 383.6734 anomalistic months (the period of the Moon's elliptical orbital precession). Despite the average...

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Milankovitch cycles

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1920s, he hypothesized that variations in eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession combined to result in cyclical variations in the intra-annual and latitudinal...

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Moon rock

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Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon. This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon...

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July 1982 lunar eclipse

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ascending and descending lunar nodes. This period is 383.6734 anomalistic months (the period of the Moon's elliptical orbital precession). Despite the average...

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