What phase was the moon in on the 3rd April 1974.?
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am curious why you asked. but i hope this can help: it's first quarter on march 31,1974 at 1:43 and full moon on april 6, 1974 at 20:49. therefore, or, maybe it is a gibbous moon on the 3rd of april 1974.\nam a space buff. this is my email add: tongsoy@yahoo.com.
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As the Moon moves along its orbit around the Earth its hemisphere toward the sun is fully illuminated.\n\nBut from the Earth we see only the hemisphere that is turned toward us.\n\nThat is, we are not seeing that hemisphere which is fully illuminated by the Sun.\n\nThat is why we see different shapes which are called phases of the moon.\n\nIn new moon day, the moon is in between Sun and Earth, and the moon’s non illuminated hemisphere is toward Earth and in the back ground of Sun’s bright light, the moon is invisible.\n\nWhen Moon is at 90 degree from the Sun, half of the illuminated hemisphere of Moon is visible from Earth. \n \nWhen Moon is at 180 degree from the Sun, full of the illuminated hemisphere of Moon is visible from Earth. We call it as Full Moon.
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One of the biggest misconceptions about the Moon is that its phases are caused by the Earth's shadow. The Earth's shadow causes eclipses, but it has nothing to do with phases. Rather, the phases of the Moon are produced by the alignment of the Moon and the Sun in the sky. \nThe orientation of Sun and Moon determines the phase of the Moon. At new moon, the angular distance of the sun and moon is small, less than a few degrees. At first quarter, when the moon is half full, the Moon lies 90 degrees east of the Sun. As an example, if you were to point to the setting sun with one arm and to the moon with the other, the angle between your arms would be 90 degrees. At full, the moon is 180 degrees from the sun and at last quarter, it is 90 degrees west of the sun. \n \n\nThe new moon is essentially invisible because it is between the earth and sun and therefore lost in the glare of the sun. Even on day 2 or 3 it is tough to spot the moon because it is just the tiniest sliver and still very close to the sun. The waxing crescent moon grows till it is about half full in the phase we call first quarter. From there it grows to full moon and then begins to shrink back to third quarter, waning crescent and finally back to new moon. \n\nThe first and last quarter moons mark the halfway points between the new moon and full moon. The first quarter moon is illuminated on the right hand side. The last quarter moon is illuminated on the left hand side. It seems conflicting to call a half full moon first of last quarter, but the quarter refers to the position of the moon in the sky, not it's phase. A quarter moon is one quarter of a full circle (90 degrees) away from the sun. \n\nThe lighted part of the Moon always points the way to the Sun. This means that a waxing crescent moon in the western sky at sunset has the lighted part on the right which is the direction of the Sun. The sequence of the lunar phases always proceeds with the lighted part of the Moon growing from right to left until the moon reaches full. After full moon, the light recedes from right to left until new moon. \n\nThe line boundary between dark and light on the Moon is called the terminator. It is rarely an even line because the surface of the Moon is not smooth. The terminator is closest to a straight line at first and last quarter. Librations affect exactly what portion of the face of the Moon is facing the Earth, during first and last quarter phase, the terminator's exact location may vary. This is illustrated when the terminator does not line up with the Moon's meridian at first and last quarter. In other words, you'd think that during first and last quarter when the Moon is half full, that the meridian (the imaginary line which runs from north to south on the Moon,) would be right on the terminator, but it isn't so. In fact the terminator can be almost 8 degrees off to either side of the meridian.
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Try this site:\nhttp://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.html\n\nor this one:\nhttp://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/moon_phases.phtml\n\nIt even has a module that you can put on your web site to show you the current phase of the moon.
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lunar activity couses the tides with the gravitational pull
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a long time ago, when the moon wasnt so big
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If you can see the moon from both points at the same time then the phase of the moon will be the same.\n\nIf however the moon is visible in Britain, but still below the horizon in Australia, then the phase will have very slightly changed by the time the moon rises in Australia.
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The phases of the moon occur due to its relative position to us and the sun. The sun always shines on half of the moon (except on the rare occassion when the earth is in the way causing a lunar eclipse). If the moon is behind the earth, we see it as a full moon as we can see all of the lit side. When the moon is beside the earth, we see half the lit side and half the side in shadow, which appears to us as a half moon. When it's in front of the earth its a new moon which isn't visible as we can only see the side of the moon in shadow. In between the stages we see the crescent waxing and waning moons.
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what? I don't think the moon appears stationary since it travels across the sky and goes through phases.\nWhat?
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Try this.\nhttp://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/moon_phases.phtml
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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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You can find the US Naval Observatory list for 2006 phases of the moon here:\nhttp://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html
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It is the 14th of March 2006 and if you are in the US, you should be able to see it at moonrise- good image below of a map of the visibility ranges
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1999.\n\nYears in which February lacked a full moon are 1809, 1847, 1866, 1885, 1915, 1934, 1961, 1999, 2018, 2037, 2067, 2094...(etc.)
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These are two links that will help you :\nhttp://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon \n\nhttp://www.solarviews.com/eng/moon.htm \n\nGood luck with your assignment.
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You can use this moon phase calculator...\nhttp://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html
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First of all it is a significant body.  At one time it was geologically active therefore had a molten interior and rotation similar to the earth.  Over time due to the combination of gravity, rotation and geological activity the moon developed a round shape.  The moon has long since been "dead" and its rotation slowed due to the earths gravitonal pull so now its rotational period precisely matches it revolution around the Earth.