Lunar Libration

Summary

As the moon moves through its phases, it can also appear to "dance" slightly. This is due to its position relative to the Earth. credit: ... Help support this channel on Patreon: patreon.com/astrophil Join this channel to get access to perks: ... Watch the Moon long enough and you'll see that we don't always see the exact same face. The Moon wobbles a bit. What's ... The animation archived on this page shows the geocentric phase, This visualization shows the moon's phase and A number of people who've seen the annual Due to tidal locking, one side of the moon is always facing the Earth, but we don't always see EXACTLY the same view. The moon ... Ever notice the Moon seems to wobble? That's NASA movie illustrating the moon's less than perfectly circular orbit. [Credit: NASA] Acquisition: Nikon D850, Tamron 150-600 G2 Over 250 GB of image data captured and processed by Vibhav Mangalore. A look at the nature of the Moon's orbit around Earth, and how that results in the demonstrations.wolfram.com/LunarLibration/ The Wolfram Demonstrations Project contains thousands of free interactive ...