Talk:Lunar phase

message: SilkTork (talk) 18:36, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: * This page is linked by a few articles that use the crescent moon as a symbol, and it would benefit from some discussion about the prominent symbolic uses of a crescent moon Immcarle183 (talk) 07:17, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Art and Culture 

message: * Open Source Physics Lunar Phase Model 
* Lunar phase simulator (animation)
* Starchild: Moonlight Madness Lunar Phases Game
* Names and Images of the 8 moon phases
* Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research & Education: Lunar Phases Quiz
* Lunar Phase Image Sets In High-Resolution (1200x1200 pixels) at 1-Degree Intervals - Views of the Moon From 4 Sides at Any Relative Phase
* Front/Back/East/West Lunar Phase Explorers
* Mnemonic devices for the Lunar phases
* Moon activity idea from Jet Propulsion Laboratory
*
  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aicraftor (talk • contribs) 17:40, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Educational aids 

message: The two initial files in the article are almost the same. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:00, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: They're not the same at all. The first one shows the lunar phases and librations as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere and the second one from the Southern Hemisphere. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:39, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Almost repetition 

message: I was recently educated re: the distinction between "lunar phase" as commonly understood: the percentage illumination of the lunar disc, and as it is apparently considered in astronomical context: defined by the alignment of the sun/moon/earth system as viewed from the perspective of the ecliptic. E.g. today there was an eclipse of the sun, which peaked at 9:20am from my location, which intuitively must be the new moon since the moon face is never less illuminated than when the sun is directly behind it, but the official "new moon" time was 10:55am, because that was when the moon was directly between the sun and earth from the perspective of the ecliptic plane. It seems like this distinction should be made in this article, and I would add a section but I don't feel qualified to do so. Any takers? Chconnor (talk) 00:36, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distinction between common vernacular "lunar phase" and astronomical "lunar phase"? 

message: The date format of the article has been inconsistent. A recent edit by  changed a few dates from the mdy format to the dmy format. The earliest version of the article I found that has dates, from January 2006, uses the mdy format. The earliest version I found that has citations with dates uses a style that is no longer accepted, yyyy-mm-dd for publication dates. I suggest the format for dates outside citations be restored to mdy, and the mdy format be used within citations as well. Jc3s5h (talk) 17:02, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Date format

message: I came to this page hoping to find some imformation about early theories to explain the phenomenon. I do not know why this is completely omitted. Anyone knowledgable in the subject, please create a section, hopefully it will be expanded overtime. DivinePtr (talk) 13:50, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about history?