"the turning of a body on its axis (Earth is 24 hrs)", "Rotation" "The movement of a body around a point outside of the body (Earth is 365 days)", "Revolution" "the path the sun takes across the sky", "Ecliptic" "12 hrs daylight, 12 hrs night, celestial equator tilted below the ecliptic 23.5 degrees", "Vernal Equinox" "longest daylight hours", "Summer Solstice" "not vernal", "Autumnal Equinox" "shortest daylight hours, celestial equator tilted above the ecliptic", "Winter Solstice" "when the celestial equator crosses the ecliptic", "Equinox" "the closest point the earth is to the sun", "Perihelion, January 4th" "the farthest point the earth is from the sun", "Aphelion, July 4th" "any planet visible in the evening", "Evening Star" "any planet visible before sunrise", "Morning Star" "planets", "produce no light, reflect light from the sun, move in NEARLY circular orbits, located very close to the ecliptic, move from east to west to the counterclockwise rotation of the earth" "first half of the moon phases", "Waxing" "second half of the moon phases", "Waning" "starts the set of moon phases", "New Moon" "the time it takes the moon to return to the same position in the stars", "Sidereal Period" "29.5 days", "the lunar cycle, also called a synodic period" "27.3 days", "the time it takes the moon to move around the earth (eastward)" "when the moon moves through the shadow of the earth", "Lunar Eclipse" "region of total shadow on the moon", "Umbra" "region of partial shadow on the moon", "Penumbra" "when the moon crosses between the earth and the sun", "Solar Eclipse" "gravitational forces of the sun and moon create _____on the planet", "Tides" "low amplitude tides that occur in first and third quarter when the sun and moon are at right angles from each other", "Neap Tides" "high amplitude tides when the sun and moon are on the same plane", "Spring Tides" "April, 2024", "The Next Eclipse"
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