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    Thursday, August 7, 2008, 09:50 AM [General]

                                                                                         Moon Facts

    The New Moon always rises at sunrise.

    And the first quarter at noon.

    The Full Moon always rises at sunset.

                                      And the last quarter at midnight.

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    Moon Rise Facts

    The moon is actually moving away from earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.

    The surface area of the moon is 14,658,000 square miles or 9.4 billion acres.

    Only about 59 percent of the moon's surface is visible to us here on earth.

    The moon is not round, but egg shaped with the large end pointed towards earth.

    The earth rotates about 1000 mph. By comparison, the moon rotates about 10 mph

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    0 Lady Moon, your horns point toward the east;
    Shine, be increased:
    0 Lady Moon, your horns point toward the west;
    Wane, be at rest.

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    thank you for sharing..
    blessings,
    Patti

    Magicklady
    August 07, 2008
    09:56 AM CST

    interesting information, thanks for sharing.

    dean

    Carolina Dean
    August 07, 2008
    11:04 AM CST

    Great information - thankyou.

    Jan
    August 07, 2008
    01:05 PM CST

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