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What Is Lunar Libration?

GaryAugust 10, 2015Leave a comment
Libration of Longitude of the Moon
The effect of Lunar Libration (how the Moon tilts left/right and up/down) and changing phase over the course of a month

We all know that the moon always presents the same face to observers since it takes as long to turn once on its axis as it does to complete one orbit of the Earth.

This is because the Moon …

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