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Sidereal Period

Synodic Period

Time takes the moon to orbit the earth (27.3 days)

Time from full moon to full moon (29.5 days)

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Total Solar Eclipse

Requirements:

  1. New Moon

  2. Moon in ecliptic plan

  3. Moon at Perigee

Path of totality must be in it or not full experience

Sun-Moon-Earth

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Total Lunar Eclipse

Requirements:

  1. Full Moon

  2. Moon in ecliptic plane

Eclipses occur when the moon crosses the ecliptic during the new or full phase

Sun-Earth-Moon

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What does the shadows cast from eclipses called?

Small, Inside-

Large Outside

Umbra'

Penumbra

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Circumpolar Constellations

Ursa Major

Ursa Minor

Draco

Cassiopea

Cephus

Constellations, relative to you that never set

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