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	Phases of the Moon and Percent of the Moon Illuminated - http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.php Pictures, animations, and brief comments.
	Virtual Reality Moon Phase - http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) Moon phase display for the years 1800 through 2199.
	Astronomical calendar - http://wise-obs.tau.ac.il/~eran/Wise/wise_calen.html On-line calculator for Moon/Sun Rise/Set, moon phase, sidereal time and Julian day.
	Phase of Moon - 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.
	Moon Phases 5000 Year Catalog - http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/phase/phasecat.html NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (GSFC) Five Millennia Catalog of the phases of the Moon.

	How long does each phase of the Moon last? - 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.
	The Moon: It's Just a Phase It's Going Through - 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 day each phase is visible.
	StarChild Moonlight Madness - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/moonlight.html NASA's Star Child site page that describes the phases of the Moon. Ends with a test to identify the eight Moon phases and their order.
	Moonstick Information Site - http://www.moonstick.com/ Describes a slide rule Moon phase calendar accurate over 8000 years into the past or future, and provides other methods of computing astronomical information.
	Moon Phases - 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

	The UnMuseum's Ponzo and the Moon - http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/exmoon.htm Explains why the Ponzo Illusion makes the Moon appear larger when near the horizon.
	http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/xphoon/ - http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/xphoon/ Xphoon sets the X-Windows root window image to a picture of the Moon in its current phase.
	Phases of the Moon Exercise - http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~fogel/teaching/labs/moon_phases.html Shows the Moon in eight positions around the Earth to shade in the dark area and the unobservable side.
	The Space Place Images of Earth's Moon for the Classroom - http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators/teachers_moon_images.shtml NASA Moon images with captions showing different phases, suitable for printing and classroom display.
	Phase of Moon GIF - http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/phase.gif A 100 by 100 pixel GIF image of the current Moon phase on a black background, from the United States Naval Observatory. Accessible as a URL for embedding in web pages.

	Sky & Telescope: Dating van Gogh's Moonrise - http://skytonight.com/about/pressreleases/3307691.html?page=1&c=y Article identifying the exact date and time of van Gogh's Moonrise painting, based on Moon phase calculations.
	Sky & Telescope: Greek Marathon Dated from Phase of Moon - http://skytonight.com/news/3309321.html?page=1&c=y Describes how astronomers used phase of Moon calculations and ancient Greek religious festivals to date the original Marathon run.
	Keeping Natural Time - http://lunar-calendar.webs.com/ Provides a Lunar Calendar where the moon is the focal point. Each week begins with a phase of the moon new, quarters and full moon, thus taking away the seven day week.

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