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Welcome to The Moon FAQs site. We look at all the Frequently Asked Questions about the moon - as well as not so frequently asked questions. Actually, we've gone loony and are creating pages on EVERYTHING to do with the moon. If you can't find the information about the moon you're looking for - it's probably in our drafts folder waiting to be published!

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What is a blue moon? Definition 1: The currently accepted meaning is that a blue moon is the second full moon in a single month which has two full moons. Usually a month has one full moon, 12 in total for a year. Every two or three years there are 13 full moons in a year. Definition 2: Said to be the original meaning, a Farmers’ Almanac blue moon is the third full moon of a season (three months)

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Can I buy land on the moon?  It depends who you ask. According to some websites you can buy land on the moon (click here). Now, we don't think you are actually buying land on the moon, or mars, as you do on earth, but you do end up with a cool certificate pack that says you do own an area of real estate on the moon. This is great as a novelty for a real lunar fanatic or as a gift - but we have a

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What is Mooning? Mooning is when someone displays their bare buttocks by lowering their pants and underpants, usually bending over. Mooning is used mostly in the English-speaking world to express protest, scorn, disrespect, or provocation or simply for shock value or fun. It is a generally offensive thing to do!

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Is it true the USA never landed on the moon as was televised? There are many who believe man didn't - and hasn't been to the moon. Pronouncing a fist full of seemingly logical reasons that the images we've all seen are a hoax, it seems these people are in the minority. The world famous Mythbusters in Season 6 devoted an entire show to see if the moon landing conspiracy theories are plausible.

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How do I take photos of the moon? What settigns do I use on my camera to take a moon photo? Here's some info to help with your moon photography. 1. Do some research to find out where and when the moon will appear and what phase it will be in. 2. Plan to have interesting foreground features to the image to add interest. 3. A full moon may look spectacular in a distant landscape photo, but for a

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What is a moon chair? Where can I Get one? A moon chair is rounded bowl-shaped chair, like these:

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What is a Wet moon? What is a Dry moon? What is a Cheshire Moon? A wet and dry moon are both crescent moons but with different angles to the horizon. The crescent moon in the summer time appears on an angle to the horizon, like a backward C, that you can picture it not being able to hold water, or if it was holding water previously, it is now pouring it out. In winter the moon is a more

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Who is Lunar Jim? Lunar Jim is a stop-motion animation series for young children about a group of astronauts living in a tiny little village called Moona Luna. A village on the Moon!

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What are historic and future moon phase dates and times? What are the dates of historic and future lunar and Solar eclipses? Lunar Eclipse Solar Eclipse Lun-tot = Total (Umbral) Sol-tot = Total Lun-par = Partial (Umbral) Sol-ann = Annular Lun-pen = Penumbral Sol-hyb = Hybrid (Annular/Total) Sol-par =

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What does the moon have to do with the Chinese New Year? The Chinese New Year Day falls on the new moon of the first lunar month. The first lunar month is the second lunar month after the lunar month that contains the Winter Solstice, which is around December 23. This means the Chinese New Years Day falls between January 21 and February 20.  Because the Chinese New Year Day is based on a New

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What are the details of each Apollo mission? Here's a summary of NASA's Apollo missions that took Man to the moon for the first time. Mission and Rocket Dates & Duration Lunar Orbit Landing site, duration & material gathered Crew Details Apollo 7  Saturn 1B (AS-205, CSM-101) Oct 11-22, 1968 10 days, 20 hrs Walter M. Schirra Jr. (commander), Donn

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How do the dates of Blue Moons differ around the world? The following calendar lists when the next blue moons will appear around the world in the different time zones. The blue moons are marked with a blue box. NOTE: Our chart is using the monthly blue moon definition (see Farmer's Almanac seasonal dates here) 2009 & 2010: City Time zone Blue Moons 2009 & 2010

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How big is our moon in comparison with the other objects in our solar system? Our Moon is the 14th largest object in our solar system. Objects bigger than our moon include: One star - the Sun (1) Eight planets - Jupiter (2), Saturn (3), Uranus (4), Neptune (5), Earth (6), Venus (7), Mars (8), Mercury (11) Four moons - Ganymede, (9, Jupiter moon), Titan (10, Saturn moon), Callisto (12, Jupiter

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What are the historic/future dates of all blue moon definitions? We have a list of all the blue moons (monthly and seasonal versions - plus black moons at no extra charge) from 1900 to 2100. These are all GMT/UTC events, events at other time zones will vary considerably. GMT Monthly Blue moons Seasonal Blue moons Black Moons Year Two full moons in a month Astronomical

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What names are given to each month's full moon? * January - Wolf moon * February - Ice moon * March - Storm moon * April - Growing moon * May - Hare moon * June - Mead moon * July - Hay moon * August - Corn moon * September - Harvest moon * October - Hunter's moon * November - Snow moon * December - Winter moon

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Does a full moon really cause more births, accidents and . . . ? Because the world is flat the full moon can . . . (hang on!!! did they just say the world is flat?) Oh, apologies. At one time almost everyone sincerely believed they were experiencing a flat world. We therefore know it is possible for the majority of society to be wrong. A flat world is just one example of many people sincerely

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How does the moon effect the ocean's tides? A "tide" is a term used to define the alternating rise and fall in sea level. Tides also occur in large lakes, the atmosphere, and within the solid crust of the earth, though to a much smaller extent. A tide is produced by the gravitational attraction of the moon and the sun. The earth and the moon are attracted to each other, just like magnets are.

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What is the definition of moon? Noun moon - the natural satellite of the Earth moon - any object resembling a moon moon - the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) Moon - the light of the Moon Moon - Sun Myung Moon - United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954. moon - any natural satellite of a planet; (A satellite is any celestial

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What is the word moon translated into other languages? Afrikaans: maan Arabic: قَمَر Bulgarian: Луна Chineese: 月亮 Croatian: Mjesec Czech: měsíc Danish: måne Dutch: maan English: moon Estonian: kuu Farsi: ماه Finnish: kuu French: lune German: mond Greek: φεγγάρι Hebrew: יָרֵח Hindi: चन्द्रमा Hungarian: hold Icelandic: tungl Indonesian: bulan Italian: luna Japanese: 月 Korean: 달 Latvian:

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What is a black moon? A black moon is a little used term - so much so that it's hard to find a definitive definition. However it is most likely the second new moon in a month (oppisite of a blue moon). A list of dates of this definition can be found here. The other possible definition is the absence of a full moon (OR new moon) in a single calendar month - which can only happen in February.This

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What rymes with moon? 1 syllable words: boon, boone, broun, bruen, brune, bruun, choon, clune, coon, coone, croon, dune, goon, gruen, heun, hewn, hoon, joon, june, keune, koon, koone, kroon, kuehn, kuehne, kuhn, loon, mhoon, moone, noon, noone, poon, prune, roone, schoon, shoen, soon, spoon, strewn, suen, swoon, thune, toon, toone, troon, tune, yoon 2 syllable words: antoon, aoun, attune,

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What are some kids nursery rymes about the moon? Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. Car in ditch, Driver in tree, The moon was full And so was he I see the moon and the moon sees me The moon sees the somebody I'd like to see. God bless the moon and God bless me God bless the

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What are some quotes that mention the moon? " Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody." Mark Twain "As sure as the moon is round" Unknown " If we can send a man to the moon, then why don't we send a woman?" Kylie Bax " The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up

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