Thursday, July 31, 2014

Josephine's mandalas: #12 of 21










                                              
                                        



5/9/90 - Full Moon AT APOGEE

Towards full -- waxing
Towards new - waning

Synodic Month:
1 revolution
from new moon
to new moon
29 days 12 hours

Luna  Diana

The
Moon

Hunter's moon  Harvest moon

Low tide  High tide

Elliptical
Wax
Orbit
Set
Earth
Rise
Satellite
Wane

Eclipse

New
Crescent
First Quarter
Gibbous
Full
Gibbous
Last Quarter
Crescent                      

Sidereal Month:
1 revolution in
relation to a fixed star
27 1/3 days

A . . Apogee - farthest from Earth
P . .  Perigee - closest to Earth

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Your mother's grasp of the moon's phases is truly lovely. That she was moved to create a mandala of it is a beautiful homage.