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between lunar night and lunar day. At the lunar poles, instead of usual lunar days and nights of about 15 Earth days, the Sun will be "up" for 173 days as it will be "down"; polar sunrise and sunset takes 18 days each year. "Up" here means that the centre of the Sun is above the horizon. Lunar polar sunrises and sunsets occur around the time of eclipses (solar or lunar). For example, at the
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Although the ocean's response is the more complex of the two, it is possible to split the ocean tides into a small ellipsoid term which affects the Moon plus a second term which has no effect. The ocean's ellipsoid term also slows the Earth and accelerates the Moon, but because the ocean dissipates
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between natural ocean frequencies and tidal frequencies. Another explanation is that in the past the Earth rotated much faster, a day possibly lasting only 9 hours on the early Earth. The resulting tidal waves in the ocean would have then been much shorter and it would have been more difficult for
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in both the ocean and the solid Earth; the Sun has a smaller tidal influence. The solid Earth responds quickly to any change in the tidal forcing, the distortion taking the form of an ellipsoid with the high points roughly beneath the Moon and on the opposite side of Earth. This is a result of the
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from 620 million years ago show that, over hundreds of millions of years, the Moon receded at an average rate of 22 mm (0.87 in) per year (2200 km or 0.56% or the Earth-moon distance per hundred million years) and the day lengthened at an average rate of 12 microseconds per year (or
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is 5.145°. Theoretical considerations show that the present inclination relative to the ecliptic plane arose by tidal evolution from an earlier near-Earth orbit with a fairly constant inclination relative to Earth's equator. It would require an inclination of this earlier orbit of about 10° to the
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The Sun's gravitational effect on the Moon is more than twice that of Earth's on the Moon; consequently, the Moon's trajectory is always convex (as seen when looking Sunward at the entire Sun–Earth–Moon system from a great distance outside Earth–Moon solar orbit), and is nowhere concave (from the
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In the case of the ocean tides, the speed of tidal waves in the ocean is far slower than the speed of the Moon's tidal forcing. As a result, the ocean is never in near equilibrium with the tidal forcing. Instead, the forcing generates the long ocean waves which propagate around the ocean basins
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is not infinite and, together with the effect of energy loss within the Earth, this causes a slight delay between the passage of the maximum forcing due to the Moon across and the maximum Earth tide. As the Earth rotates faster than the Moon travels around its orbit, this small angle produces a
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or eclipse year. The "seasons" on the Moon fit into this period. For about half of this draconic year, the Sun is north of the lunar equator (but at most 1.543°), and for the other half, it is south of the lunar equator. The effect of these seasons, however, is minor compared to the difference
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every day from latitudes less than 70°43' (90° − 18°20' – 57' parallax) north or south. When the inclination is at its maximum of 28°36', the centre of the Moon's disk will be above the horizon every day only from latitudes less than 60°27' (90° − 28°36' – 57' parallax) north or south.
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can be used to indicate the direction of the angular velocity. If the thumb of the right hand points to the north celestial pole, its fingers curl in the direction that the Moon orbits Earth, Earth orbits the Sun, and the Moon and Earth rotate on their own axes.
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of the Moon or Sun can occur when the nodes align with the Sun, roughly every 173.3 days. Lunar orbit inclination also determines eclipses; shadows cross when nodes coincide with full and new moon when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align in three dimensions.
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Because of the tidal torque, caused by the ellipsoids, some of Earth's angular (or rotational) momentum is gradually being transferred to the rotation of the Earth–Moon pair around their mutual centre of mass, called the barycentre. See
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in human history. However, the Babylonians seem to have lacked any geometric or physical interpretation of their data, and they could not predict future lunar eclipses (though "warnings" were issued before likely eclipse times).
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The Moon is gradually receding from Earth into a higher orbit, and calculations suggest that this would continue for about 50 billion years. By that time, Earth and the Moon would be in a mutual spin–orbit resonance or
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writing recording the times and dates of moonrises and moonsets, the stars that the Moon passed close by, and the time differences between rising and setting of both the Sun and the Moon around the time of a
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The Moon's axis of rotation is inclined by in total 6.7° relative to the normal to the plane of the ecliptic. This leads to a similar perspective effect in the north–south direction that is referred to as
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equator to produce a present inclination of 5° to the ecliptic. It is thought that originally the inclination to the equator was near zero, but it could have been increased to 10° through the influence of
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Simon, J.L.; Bretagnon, P.; Chapront, J.; Chapront-Touzé, M.; Francou, G.; Laskar, J. (February 1994). "Numerical expressions for precession formulae and mean elements for the Moon and planets".
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The rotational axis of the Moon is not perpendicular to its orbital plane, so the lunar equator is not in the plane of its orbit, but is inclined to it by a constant value of 6.688° (this is the
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to build lunar calendars that extended well into the future. This use of detailed, systematic observations to make predictions based on experimental data may be classified as the first
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were the first human civilization known to have kept a consistent record of lunar observations. Clay tablets from that period, which have been found in Iraq, are inscribed with
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in the Arctic when the Sun is below the horizon for months and must have been helpful to the animals that lived in Arctic and Antarctic regions when the climate was warmer.
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passing near the Moon while falling to the Earth. If this had not happened, the Moon would now lie much closer to the ecliptic and eclipses would be much more frequent.
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around the barycentre between the Earth and the Moon, of 1.022 km/s (0.635 miles/s, 2,286 miles/h), the Moon covers a distance approximately its diameter, or about
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will vary from −28°36′ to +28°36′. Conversely, 9.3 years later, the angle between the Moon's orbit and Earth's equator reaches its minimum of 18°20′. This is called a
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of the Earth–Moon system (respecting sizes and distances), utilizing the mean radii of both bodies and mean distance of the orbit. Scroll right to find the Moon.
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Minimum, mean and maximum distances of the Moon from Earth with its angular diameter as seen from Earth's surface, to scale. Scroll to right to see the Moon.
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for almost two weeks every month, even though the Sun is below the horizon for six months at a time. The period from moonrise to moonrise at the poles is a
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The apparent trajectory of the Moon in the sky seen from Earth each night is like a wide ellipse, although the path depends on the time of the year and
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Besides these "optical librations" caused by the change in perspective for an observer on Earth, there are also "physical librations" which are actual
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means that Earth's axial rotation is gradually slowing, and because of this its day lengthens by approximately 24 microseconds every year (excluding
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behaviour of the Sun, but with a period of 27.2 days instead of 365 days. Note that a point on the Moon can actually be visible when it is about 34
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The reference by H. L. Vacher (2001) (details separately cited in this list) describes this as 'convex outward', whereas older references such as "
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The nodes are points at which the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic. The Moon crosses the same node every 27.2122 days, an interval called the
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Since nearer objects appear larger, the Moon's apparent size changes as it moves toward and away from an observer on Earth. An event called a "
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When the inclination of the Moon's orbit to the Earth's equator is at its minimum of 18°20′, the centre of the Moon's disk will be above the
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Diagram of the Moon's orbit with respect to the Earth. Angles are correct and relative sizes are to scale, but distances are not to scale.
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is the time between perigees and is about 27.55 days. The Earth–Moon separation determines the strength of the lunar tide raising force.
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about Earth (the semimajor and semiminor axes are 384,400 km and 383,800 km, respectively: a difference of only 0.16%). The
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This slightly greater orbital angular momentum causes the Earth–Moon distance to increase at approximately 38 millimetres per year.
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and is the rotation of the Moon's orbit within the orbital plane, i.e. the axes of the ellipse change direction. The lunar orbit's
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during each sidereal month, hence a longer period is required to achieve a similar alignment of Earth, the Sun, and the Moon. The
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is about 385,000 km (239,000 mi) from Earth's centre, which corresponds to about 60 Earth radii or 1.282 light-seconds.
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Kaveh Pahlevan & Alessandro Morbidelli (Nov 26, 2015). "Collisionless encounters and the origin of the lunar inclination".
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The properties of the orbit described in this section are approximations. The Moon's orbit around Earth has many variations (
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is the time it takes to make one complete orbit around Earth with respect to the fixed stars. It is about 27.32 days. The
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Because of the inclination of the Moon's orbit with respect to the Earth's equator, the Moon is above the horizon at the
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M. Chapront-Touzé; J. Chapront (1988). "ELP2000-85: a semi-analytical lunar ephemeris adequate for historical times".
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zero). The nodes are moving west by about 19° per year. The Sun crosses a given node about 20 days earlier each year.
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until eventually losing their energy through turbulence, either in the deep ocean or on shallow continental shelves.
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in 1722, the rotational axis of the Moon precesses with the same rate as its orbital plane, but is 180° out of phase
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so much tidal energy, the present ocean tides have an order of magnitude greater effect than the solid Earth tides.
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The variance in the Moon's orbital distance corresponds with changes in its tangential and angular speeds, per
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distances of 362,600 km (225,300 mi) and 405,400 km (251,900 mi) respectively (a difference of 12%).
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Calculated from arcsin(0.25°/1.543°)/90° times 173 days, since the angular radius of the Sun is about 0.25°.
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The orientation of the orbit is not fixed in space but rotates over time. This orbital precession is called
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km, "equatorial horizontal parallax at mean distance" 3422.608″, and "equatorial radius for Earth" 6,378.14
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is its angular distance east of the Sun at any time. At new moon, it is zero and the Moon is said to be in
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will have caused Earth's oceans to evaporate, removing the bulk of the tidal friction and acceleration.
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and Earth orbits the Sun anticlockwise, and the Moon and Earth rotate on their own axes anticlockwise.
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to ascending node. The time between two successive passes of the same ecliptic longitude is called the
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Animation of the Moon as it cycles through its phases. The apparent wobbling of the Moon is known as
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same perspective) or looped. That is, the region enclosed by the Moon's orbit of the Sun is a
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of the direction of the pole of rotation of the Moon in space: but these are very small.
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by about 5.1° with respect to the ecliptic plane, whereas Earth's equatorial plane is
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20 minutes per hundred million years), both about half of their current values.
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Good diagrams of Moon, Earth, tilts of orbits and axes, courtesy of U. of Arkansas
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gravitational torque which slows the Earth and accelerates the Moon in its orbit.
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with respect to the Sun (phases of the Moon, 12.36874634 passes per solar orbit)
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is traditionally the Moon's mean distance from Earth (center to center), where
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would be able to see one additional degree's worth of libration in latitude.
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expressions for the distance, which is the mean distance averaged over time.
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1976 Astronomical Constants were "mean distance of Moon from Earth" 384,400
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There are several different periods associated with the lunar orbit. The
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the long wavelength tidal forcing to excite the short wavelength tides.
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M. Chapront-Touzé; J. Chapront (1983). "The lunar ephemeris ELP-2000".
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with respect to the distant stars (13.36874634 passes per solar orbit)
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described lunar motion by using a well-defined geometric model of
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it will be above the horizon at the North Pole, and when it is in
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Every 18.6 years, the angle between the Moon's orbit and Earth's
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discovered the three main periods of the Moon's motion and used
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Peter Goldreich (Nov 1966). "History of the Lunar Orbit".
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Section of Earth's and Moon's trajectories around the Sun
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attraction that the Moon exerts on Earth is the cause of
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is the time it takes the Moon to reach the same visual
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was the first to develop a complete theory of motion,
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Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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astronomers were the first to introduce and analyze
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(2016). 2064: 1673: 1671: 1669: 1639: 1583:is the Moon's parallax between the ends of 480:The orbit of the Moon is a nearly circular 4738: 3971: 3957: 3710: 3696: 2431: 2417: 2333: 2320:" describe the same geometry by the words 2302: 2300: 2243:. Cambridge University Press. p. 184. 1949: 1701: 43: 2358: 2356: 2354: 2338:, University Science Books, p. 701, 2253: 2223: 2174: 1902: 1873: 1695: 1310:The present high rate may be due to near 412:Learn how and when to remove this message 3978: 2148: 1666: 1395: 1340: 1208: 944: 941:History of observations and measurements 689: 649: 644:Top: polar view; bottom: equatorial view 581: 322:, each hour. The Moon differs from most 287:). Earth and the Moon orbit about their 3834:) may be read as "within" or "part of". 2317:Elementary Treatise on the Lunar Theory 2297: 1728:The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System 1719: 1612: 86:363,228.9 km (225,700.0 mi), 14: 4814: 4617:Transposition, docking, and extraction 2351: 1731:, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press. 3952: 3896:History of the center of the Universe 3717: 3691: 2412: 1767: 1765: 1763: 1761: 1677: 997:of the motion of objects in the sky. 279:) and one revolution relative to the 2388:The Moon Always Veers Toward the Sun 2334:Seidelmann, P. Kenneth, ed. (1992), 2197: 1848:"Evolution of the Earth-Moon system" 1702:Seidelmann, P. Kenneth, ed. (1992), 618:Animation of Moon orbit around Earth 394:adding citations to reliable sources 365: 330:in that its orbit is closer to the 115:405,400 km (251,900 mi), 24: 2239:C.D. Murray; S.F. Dermott (1999). 2225:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1982.tb06404.x 2045: 1758: 1577:is Earth's equatorial radius, and 1235: 25: 4833: 4677:Kepler's laws of planetary motion 3906:Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex 3649:Lilith (hypothetical second moon) 2396: 1392:Path of Earth and Moon around Sun 1291:for a more detailed description. 904:it will be up at the South Pole. 654:Earth's lunar orbit perturbations 475: 354:by about 23° with respect to the 76:384,400 km (238,900 mi) 68:385,000 km (239,000 mi) 60:384,748 km (239,071 mi) 4799: 4787: 4775: 4763: 4737: 4672:Interplanetary Transport Network 4552:Collision avoidance (spacecraft) 3931: 3919: 3671: 3670: 3612:Moon landing conspiracy theories 2535: 2019:The periods are calculated from 1296:Conservation of angular momentum 1022: 921: 777:In effect, this means that the " 608: 597: 560:. In both cases, the Moon is in 527: 453: 439: 370: 4637:Astronomical coordinate systems 4391:Longitude of the ascending node 3034:Selenographic coordinate system 2381: 2309:The Moon's Orbit Around the Sun 2279: 2247: 2232: 2191: 2142: 2087: 2058: 2013: 1993: 1984: 1972:. U. of Arkansas at Little Rock 1962: 1943: 1882: 1803: 834:. Around this time, the Moon's 381:needs additional citations for 27:The Moon's circuit around Earth 4710:Retrograde and prograde motion 3561:Artificial objects on the Moon 2071:Johns Hopkins University Press 1734: 1680:Mathematical Astronomy Morsels 1544: 1531: 1514: 1491:Lunar Laser Ranging experiment 1363:optical libration in longitude 914: 788:Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016 685: 13: 1: 2652:Total penumbral lunar eclipse 2259:From the Big Bang to Planet X 1606: 1371:optical libration in latitude 1104:(precesses in ~26,000 years) 571: 543: 361: 235:precession of line of apsides 4657:Equatorial coordinate system 3627:Moon is made of green cheese 2921:Permanently shadowed craters 2149:Williams, George E. (2000). 1648:Astronomy & Astrophysics 1621:Astronomy & Astrophysics 1330: 907:The Moon's light is used by 259:direction and completes one 187:of lunar equator to ecliptic 7: 1950:Jacob Aron (Nov 28, 2015). 1453: 1404:When viewed from the north 1250:Axial tilt § Long term 338:'s (in this case, Earth's) 10: 4838: 4409:Longitude of the periapsis 3554:Craters named after people 3027:Transient lunar phenomenon 2675:Solar eclipses on the Moon 2067:The Science of Ocean Waves 2027:Astronomy and Astrophysics 1550:The inverse sine parallax 1427:In representations of the 1334: 1239: 1227:, 0.25—first quarter, 0.5— 1026: 873:below the horizon, due to 804: 748: 575: 29: 4733: 4720:Specific angular momentum 4625: 4537: 4481: 4417: 4370: 4310: 4301: 4197: 4107: 3996: 3987: 3914: 3840: 3725: 3665: 3494: 3462: 3367: 3284: 3204: 3043: 2746: 2544: 2533: 2455: 2446: 2120:10.1007/s10569-016-9702-3 1797:10.1103/RevModPhys.70.589 1777:Reviews of Modern Physics 1725:Lang, Kenneth R. (2011), 1213:The Moon's distance from 678:of its orbital plane and 233: 223: 211: 199: 194: 186: 175: 167: 156: 138: 109: 80: 72: 64: 54: 42: 3745:Local Interstellar Cloud 2438: 2261:. Camden East, Ontario: 1853:The Astronomical Journal 1507: 1412:) the Moon orbits Earth 1267:within the solid Earth. 1202:The average length of a 819:(23°27′) and the Moon's 744: 725:). As was discovered by 4715:Specific orbital energy 3575:Moon in science fiction 3080:Giant-impact hypothesis 2928:South Pole–Aitken basin 2198:Webb, David J. (1982). 2053:Astronomical Algorithms 2039:1994A&A...282..663S 1834:10.1029/RG004i004p00411 1660:1988A&A...190..342C 1633:1983A&A...124...50C 1133:days = 8.850578 years) 518:° per day to the east ( 486:equation of the ellipse 283:in about 29.53 days (a 271:in about 27.32 days (a 4127:Geostationary transfer 3857:To the Moon and Beyond 3596:futuristic exploration 3119:Late Heavy Bombardment 1401: 1350: 1232: 1158:days = 18.5996 years) 954: 875:atmospheric refraction 840:minor lunar standstill 706: 655: 590: 432:) has a long history. 4700:Orbital state vectors 4642:Characteristic energy 4612:Trans-lunar injection 4400:Argument of periapsis 4077:Prograde / Retrograde 4038:Hyperbolic trajectory 3875:(1968 and 1977 films) 3805:Laniakea Supercluster 3656:Splitting of the Moon 3568:Memorials on the Moon 3172:Lunar sample displays 2854:Peak of eternal light 2241:Solar System Dynamics 2155:Reviews of Geophysics 1813:Reviews of Geophysics 1399: 1344: 1270:However the speed of 1212: 948: 739:libration in latitude 693: 653: 585: 334:plane instead of its 73:Inverse sine parallax 4547:Bi-elliptic transfer 4067:Parabolic trajectory 2176:10.1029/1999RG900016 2065:J.B. 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Gutzwiller 1678:Meeus, Jean (1997), 1537:The constant in the 1461:Ernest William Brown 1355:synchronous rotation 1122:with respect to the 1100:with respect to the 976:Babylonian astronomy 682:of the moon itself. 390:improve this article 305:distance to the Moon 212:orbit around Earth ( 200:orbit around Earth ( 4587:Low-energy transfer 3819:Observable universe 3156:Lunar laser ranging 2216:1982GeoJ...70..261W 2167:2000RvGeo..38...37W 2112:2016CeMDA.126...89W 1921:10.1038/nature16137 1913:2015Natur.527..492P 1866:1994AJ....108.1943T 1826:1966RvGSP...4..411G 1789:1998RvMP...70..589G 1496:Milankovitch cycles 1231:, 0.75—last quarter 1223:Moon phases: 0 (1)— 1017:Newtonian mechanics 995:mathematical models 821:orbital inclination 695:Orbital inclination 512:Kepler's second law 225:precession of nodes 39: 4582:Inclination change 4230:Distant retrograde 3901:Order of magnitude 3883:(1996 documentary) 3799:Virgo Supercluster 3780:Milky Way subgroup 3305:Lunisolar calendar 2974:Lunar basalt 70017 2721:Tidal acceleration 2576:Perigee and apogee 2466:Internal structure 2322:concave to the sun 2291:2012-03-30 at the 2265:. pp. 79–81. 2255:Dickinson, Terence 1970:"View of the Moon" 1402: 1379:geographical poles 1351: 1289:tidal acceleration 1246:Tidal acceleration 1233: 955: 707: 660:apsidal precession 656: 591: 587:Apsidal precession 324:regular satellites 303:. 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Index

Moon's orbit
Lunar orbit

Semi-major axis
Perigee
Apogee
eccentricity
obliquity
inclination
ecliptic
sidereal
synodic
precession of nodes
precession of line of apsides
Moon
orbits
Earth
prograde
revolution
Vernal Equinox
stars
tropical month
sidereal month
Sun
synodic month
barycentre
centre of mass
satellite system
distance to the Moon
orbital velocity

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