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The Moon Illusion Explained (Popularity:  )
(Score: 11.16)
http://facstaff.uww.edu/mccreadd/
A relatively new theory is offered for the classic illusion that the moon's constant subtended visual angle of half a degree appears larger for the horizon moon than for the ...
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Psychology\Sensation and Perception
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Phase of Moon (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.65)
http://www.die.net/moon/
Displays the phase of the Moon in a browser window, with times of last and next Full Moon and New Moon.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Solar System\Earth
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Moon Tool (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.60)
http://www.fourmilab.ch/moontoolw/
[Windows] A desktop application that displays the times of the various phases of the moon and a picture of the current phase of the moon.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Software\Toolkits and Observing Utilities
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The Great Moon Hoax (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.53)
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm
Rebuttal from NASA in which they explain their assertion that both moon rocks and common sense prove that the astronauts landed on the moon.
Category: Science\Science in Society\Skeptical Inquiry\Hoaxes
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How long does each phase of the Moon last? (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.00)
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/phonedrmarc/2004_march.shtml
NASA's Dr. Marc of The Space Place answers questions about Moon phases and the lunar month. Includes GIF animation of the Moon going through its phases.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Solar System\Earth
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Moon Phases (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.00)
http://search.cpan.org/~brett/Astro-MoonPhase/MoonPhase.pm
Information and Perl script to calculate moon phases including phase illumination age distances angular diameter new/full moon calculation
Category: Science\Astronomy\Solar System\Earth
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Blue Moon Myths (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.68)
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bluemoon1.html
Second full moon in a month, or third full moon in a single season?
Category: Science\Astronomy\Calendars and Timekeeping
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The Moon: It's Just a Phase It's Going Through (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.60)
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/12/12.html
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific's detailed explanations of the Moon's phases, including positions of the Moon in southern and northern hemispheres during its different phases and the times of ...
Category: Science\Astronomy\Solar System\Earth
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Sun Moon Calendar (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.14)
http://sunmooncalendar.com
The calendar indicates moon months in the sun year and days in the moon month. The use of spectral colors for time indication. There are 12 moon months in the ...
Category: Science\Astronomy\Calendars and Timekeeping
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Lunisolar Calendar (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.94)
http://www.pburch.net/lunarcal.html
Lunar calendar with lunations, from new moon to new moon, instead of months. Moon phase on each day. Chinese, Jewish, and Islamic months. Eclipses, meteors, planets, star charts. Christian, Pagan, ...
Category: Science\Astronomy\Calendars and Timekeeping
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Dyson's Animated Moon (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.91)
http://www.mariannedyson.com/moon.htm
Interative moon map (Flash based) with brief information about various features.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Solar System\Earth
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Moon Miners' Manifesto (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.85)
http://www.lunar-reclamation.org/mmm/index.htm
Monthly publication with articles on development of the Moon, Mars, and the rest of the solar system.
Category: Science\Technology\Space\Colonization
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PSRD: Moon's Dark, Icy Poles (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.80)
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June03/lunarShadows.html
Information about permanently shadowed regions on the Moon, where frozen water could be trapped.
Category: Science\Technology\Space\Colonization
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Lunar Explorers Society (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.80)
http://www.lunarexplorers.nl/
Information about the Moon, a database of contacts, and a variety of projects dedicated to using the Moon for the benefit of mankind.
Category: Science\Technology\Space\Colonization
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The Moon Shots Were Faked (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.45)
http://batesmotel.8m.com/
Inspired by a local radio show, the author embarks on a journey dissecting the reasons the government might want to fake such a thing, analysis of various pictures, and facts ...
Category: Science\Science in Society\Skeptical Inquiry\Hoaxes
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Encounter with the Moon stone (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.35)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1205638.stm
The BBC's science editor comes face to face with what is claimed to be the oldest map of the Moon ever made.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Topics
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The Straight Dope Mailbag: Was the Apollo Moon Landing a Hoax? (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.35)
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmoonhoax.html
Rebuttal of claims that the NASA moon landings were an elaborate hoax.
Category: Science\Science in Society\Skeptical Inquiry\Hoaxes
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Summer Moon Illusion (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.32)
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/24jun_moonillusion.htm?list661644
An explanation of the illusion that the Moon, low on the horizon, is actually bigger then when seen higher in the sky.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Solar System\Earth
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The Moon Miner (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.32)
http://www.moonminer.com/
Ideas for developing the Earth-Moon system, including a cycling station and a station at L1.
Category: Science\Technology\Space\Colonization
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Moon Stereogram Demonstration (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.32)
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/97/1/500/DC1
Demonstration as to why the Moon appears larger when nearer the horizon than when high in the sky.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Solar System\Earth
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