![]() ![]() ![]() Similarly, by the thirtieth night (mutu-whenua), for the moon has then already disappeared underground. “They say that the whiro (first night), only the reflection of the moon can be seen, and the moon does not appear until the tirea (second night). Some Māori authorities contend that the moon disappears underground and reappears after travelling for two days underground. How the Māori applied Marama’s thirty nights to fit in with the proper age of the moon has not been made clear. Māori have between 28 and 32 names for the phases of the Moon. The time it takes for the Moon to return to the same phase in the sky is 29.53 days. Craters near the terminator are labeled, as are Apollo landing sites, maria, and other albedo features in sunlight. In addition, this visualization shows the moon’s orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, and distance from the Earth at true scale. This 4K visualization shows the Moon’s phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2020, as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. The lunar phases gradually change over a synodic month, as the orbital positions of the Moon around Earth, and Earth around the Sun, shift. The Moon’s appearance depends on the position of the Moon for the Sun as seen from the Earth. The synodic month is the average period of the Moon’s orbit concerning the line joining the Sun and Earth. The lunar phase or Moon phase is the shape of the directly sunlit portion of the Moon, as viewed from Earth. The Moon travels around Earth in 29.53 days – this is the period of the lunar phases, also known as the synodic month. How the phases of the Moon are measured: the synodic month ![]()
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