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Day of Lunar Cycle |
18-20 |
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Synodic Position |
Between Opposition and Western Quadrature |
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Angle of Sun-Earth-Moon |
The Moon is between 90° and 180° ahead or west of the Sun |
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Illuminated side |
Mostly-turned toward Earth |
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Near side |
Mostly illuminated |
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Overlap between near side and illuminated side |
More than half, less than total |
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Proportion of whole Moon that is both illuminated and near |
Between 25 and 50% |
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Which part of the near side is illuminated? |
Eastward or Left side (facing south) |
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Where visible at sunset? |
Not visible; beneath eastern horizon. Rises after sunset, appearing later each night. |
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Where visible at midnight? |
Between overhead and the eastern horizon, becoming ever lower each night |
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Where visible at sunrise? |
Between overhead and the western horizon, becoming ever higher each morning. Sets between sunrise and noon. |
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Where visible at noon? |
Not visible; has just set beneath western horizon |
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Meridian Transit |
Between midnight and sunrise |