Why is the New Moon called the New Moon?
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Full moon\n\nThe Galileo spacecraft took this composite image on 7 December 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The color is 'enhanced' in the sense that the CCD camera is sensitive to near infrared wavelengths of light beyond human vision.The Full Moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the Moon lies on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun. The Moon as seen from the surface of Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun at this time, presenting a "full" round disk to viewers on Earth. As always, only half the total surface of the Moon is illuminated.\n\n\n1 Eclipses \n2 Numbers and formulae \n3 Folklore \n4 Calendars \n5 Full Moon names \n6 The Blue moon \n7 See also \n8 References \n \n\n\n\nEclipses\nA Full Moon is the only time when a lunar eclipse is possible; at that time the Moon may move through the shadow cast by Earth. However, because of the tilt or inclination of the Moon's orbit around Earth relative to Earth's orbit around the Sun, the Moon usually passes to the north or south of Earth's shadow at Full Moon, so a lunar eclipse does not occur at every Full Moon.\n\nFull Moons are generally a poor time to conduct astronomical observations, since the bright reflected sunlight from the Moon overwhelms the dimmer light from stars.\n\n\nNumbers and formulae\nAlthough on average it takes only 27.322 days (sidereal month) for the Moon to complete one orbit around Earth, it requires about two more days than that to again catch up with the Sun. On average, the number of days between Full Moons is about 29.5306 days. The actual number of days may differ from the average number by more than a half day. From one Full Moon to the next, the number of days in one lunation can vary between 29.272 and 29.833 days.\n\nThe age and apparent size of the Full Moon vary in a cycle of just under 14 synodic months, which is called the Full moon cycle.\n\nThe combined date and time of Full Moon number N, using a fictitious moon that moves at a strictly mean rate is approximately:\n\nD = 20.362954 + 29.5305888531 × N + 102.19 × 10-12 × N 2 \nD is the number of days (and fractions) since 1 January 2000 00:00:00 UTC, \nN is the count of full moons starting with zero as the first (not 1 as you would have expected) as the first Moon in the year 2000. \nThe true Full Moon may differ from this by up to about 14.5 hours, due to the normal irregularity in the Moon's Keplerian orbit, and due to the periodic perturbations on that Keplerian orbit by the Sun, the equatorial bulge of Earth, and nearby planets.\n\nSee the New Moon page for a detailed explanation of the formula.\n\n\nFolklore\nFull Moons are traditionally associated with temporal insomnia, insanity (hence the terms lunacy and lunatic) and various magical phenomena such as lycanthropy.\n\nPsychologists have found that there is no strong evidence for effects on behaviour around Full Moon [1]. They find that studies are not consistent, with some showing a positive effect, while others will show a negative effect. In one instance, the December 23, 2000 issue of the British Medical Journal published two studies on dog bite admission to hospitals in England and Australia. The study of the Bradford Royal Infirmary found that dog bites were twice as common at Full Moon, while the study of public hospitals in Australia found they were less likely at Full Moon. Psychologists point out that there is a difference between correlation and causation. The mere fact that two events happen at the same time doesn't mean that there is a cause and effect relationship between the two.\n\nNeopagans hold a monthly ritual called an Esbat at each Full Moon.\n\nMany people practicing traditional Chinese religions prepare their ritual offerings to their ancestors and deities on every Full Moon and New Moon.\n\n\nCalendars\nThe Islamic calendar and the traditional Chinese calendar are both based on the phases of the Moon. Neither calendar, however, begins i
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The main reason is that there is no weather on the moon to erode the surface.  Additionally, there is no tectonic movement of the surface of the moon.  Because of both these things, the surface of the moon is stable, while the earth's surface is constantly being altered.
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It's called a harvest Moon. Why they call it that I don't know since it occurs at all times during the course of a year.
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crescent moon/new moon
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THAT IS THE BEST QUESTION I'VE HEARD ON YAHOO ANSWERS.\n\nWhy have we waited until now to name the moon. Let's get that out of the way before we quit. here are my names:\n\nLunar Song\nHumoon\nFemoon\nMamoon\nGladys\nMoon\nEarthling\nLuna\nSelene\nArtemis\nEarthchild\nSuppysup
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probably because it takes the same time for the Moon to rotate around its axis (a day) and orbit the Earth (a year) \nit is always facing the same side because it rotates in conjunction with its orbit (bit hard to explain)\nbecause it is also rotating at the same time, we always see the same side of the Moon
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The moon has a side that always faces us! That's not always filled with light though. That's why we have phases of the moon.
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its means moon in english word
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Because the moon reflects light from the sun.
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The date on which a certain phase of the moon will occur depends on your geographical location on earth!\nTo avoid miscommunication, astronomers use Universal Time (UT) for dates and times concerning astronomical phenomena.\nThe next new moon will occur on May 27th 5.26 hr Universal Time
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This is when the moon is in front of the sun in respect to the earth. It is also called conjunction.
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the moon is always there, but it is probably a new moon, a phase of the moon where the sun doesn't shine light on it at the popsition that we can see it. The other stages include combinations of waning, waxing & gibbious and cresent
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Omg I just wrote a paper on it! Copy n' paste...\n\nThe waxing crescent moon comes after the new moon. It is when we see a crescent of light on the right side of the moon. This phase continues until the first quarter moon, when the terminator (the line between the dark and light hemispheres of the moon) divides the visible face of the moon into halves, and the right side of the moon’s face is visible from the earth.\nThe waxing gibbous moon is when more than half of the right side of the moon’s face is visible. This phase continues until the full moon. After the full moon, the terminator comes into view on the right side of the moon’s face, the reverse of what the waxing crescent looked like. This is called the waning gibbous. This phase goes on until the third quarter moon. During the third quarter moon, the terminator is again dividing the moon into halves, but this time the left side is lighted.\nNext, the terminator continues moving left and the left side of the moon becomes a crescent. This is called the waning crescent. The terminator continues moving left until it is a new moon again.\n\nHope I helped!
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The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It has no formal name other than "The Moon", although in English it is occasionally called Luna (Latin for moon), or Selene (Greek for moon), to distinguish it from the generic "moon" (natural satellites of other planets are also called moons). Its symbol is a crescent. The terms lunar, selene/seleno-, and -cynthion (from the Lunar deities Selene and Cynthia) refer to the Moon (aposelene, selenocentric, pericynthion, etc.).\n\nThe average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles). The Moon's diameter is 3,476 kilometres (2,160 mi). Reflected sunlight from the Moon's surface reaches Earth in 1.3 seconds (at the speed of light).\n\nThe first man-made object to land on the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959, the first photographs of the otherwise occluded far side of the Moon were made by Luna 3 in the same year, and the first people to land on the Moon came aboard Apollo 11 in 1969.
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new moon, not fullmoon.
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Because the Moon is round and the Sun is the only source of light in our solar system - only half of it can be illuminated at one time.  But sometimes the side we don't see it lit up - when we have a new Moon.
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"Half Moon" simply refers to that moment in the lunar cycle haflway between the New Moon and the Full Moon.  It doens't necessarily refer to the way it looks like.