Hot! Cold! Beauty!

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The moon is all of these.

One lunar day-29.5 earth days…

HOT

Over 200°

One Lunar night-29.5 earth days…

COLD

over MINUS 200° F

In some Lunar craters…

the sun NEVER shines.

4:00 PM January 19, 2024.

Lunar illumination increasing.

237,349 miles distant as photographed.

No human alters these facts.

No human orders moon phases.

Lunar phases unerringly predictable.

Current phase waxing gibbous…68%

Never vary, are always consistent…forever fixed…

A 29.5 day cycle…

Increasing…New-Waxing Crescent-First Quarter-Waxing Gibbous-Full…

Decreasing…Waning Gibbous-Third Quarter-Waning Crescent.

No human constructs lunar beauty.

Soft, white reflected light brightens night.

Full moon rising above horizon a beauty explosion.