4 ms·
The title claims that it is a year of the moon, but the description says that the images are from 2011 - which isn't over yet. So is this a year of the moon, o
by smallblacksun 15y ago
The title claims that it is a year of the moon, but the description says that the images are from 2011 - which isn't over yet. So is this a year of the moon, or six months?
- panacea 15y agoIt's an animation.
- ColinWright 15y agoOnly in the sense that it's moving. These are, apparently, actual images of the Moon. I suspect it's a typo, and the images are from 2010, but I don't know.
- panacea 15y ago"The animation archived on this page shows the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2011, at hourly intervals. The Current Moon image is the frame from this animation for the current hour. This marks the first time that accurate shadows at this level of detail are possible in such a computer simulation." It's a sim.
- ColinWright 15y agoHah - interesting. I stand corrected, and I thank you.
- panacea 15y agoNP. It was non-obvious from the YouTube description. I had to dig around for confirmation it was a sim. I was scratching my head after your mild assertion.