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  2. Lunar phase - Wikipedia

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    A lunar phase or Moon phase is the apparent shape of the Moon 's directly sunlit portion as viewed from the Earth (because the Moon is tidally locked with the Earth, the same hemisphere is always facing the Earth). In common usage, the four major phases are the new moon, the first quarter, the full moon and the last quarter; the four minor ...

  3. Lunar calendar - Wikipedia

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    A lunar calendar is a calendar based on the monthly cycles of the Moon 's phases ( synodic months, lunations ), in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based on the solar year. The most widely observed purely lunar calendar is the Islamic calendar. [a] A purely lunar calendar is distinguished from a lunisolar calendar, whose ...

  4. Full moon - Wikipedia

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    The full moon occurs roughly once a month . The time interval between a full moon and the next repetition of the same phase, a synodic month, averages about 29.53 days. Therefore, in those lunar calendars in which each month begins on the day of the new moon, the full moon falls on either the 14th or 15th day of the lunar month.

  5. Dolunay (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Nazli's best friend and roommate. An aspiring but unemployed fashion designer, Fatoş pretends to be wealthy to ingratiate herself with Engin. Türkü Turan as Alya. Deniz's ex-girlfriend, who is a singer. She is still in love with Deniz and tries to win him back, but is constantly saddened to see his affection for Nazli.

  6. This Is What March's Full Moon—The Worm Moon—Means ... - AOL

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    Full worm moon in March. Spring is here, which means so is March’s full moon.While there are full moons each month (approximately every 29.5 days), like the Wolf Moon in January and the Snow ...

  7. Digital media - Wikipedia

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    Digital codes, like binary, can be changed without reconfiguring mechanical parts.. Though they used machine-readable media, Babbage's engines, player pianos, jacquard looms and many other early calculating machines were themselves analog computers, with physical, mechanical parts.

  8. Lunar day - Wikipedia

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    Lunar day. A full lunar day observed from the Earth, where orbital libration causes the apparent wobble. A lunar day is the time it takes for Earth 's Moon to complete on its axis one synodic rotation, meaning with respect to the Sun. The lunar day is therefore the time of a full lunar day-night cycle. Due to tidal locking, this equals the time ...

  9. Daeboreum - Wikipedia

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    Daeboreum ( Korean : 대보름; lit. Great Full Moon) is a Korean holiday that celebrates the first full moon of the new year of the lunar Korean calendar which is mostly based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar. The festival is Korean version of the First Full Moon Festival. This holiday is accompanied by many traditions.