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1/4 Waxing crescent Moon, 4.0 % lit, 11 November 2026, 07:08 UTC, two days after new Moon. In Havana it is 2:08 am. Today's flight goes to Lippmann crater on the far side, beyond the southwestern edge. 🌒 #moonphases #spacefacts
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2/4 Havana's sky: the Moon is below the horizon now. It rises at 8:49 am (13:49 UTC), after the Sun, is highest at 2:09 pm (19:09 UTC) at 39° and sets at 7:28 pm (00:28 UTC Thursday), a thin crescent low in the west after sunset.
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1/4 Waxing crescent Moon, 1.2 % lit, 10 November 2026, 06:54 UTC, one day after new Moon. In Cairo it is 8:54 am. Today's flight goes to Abel crater on the near side, at its southeastern edge. 🌒 #moonphases #spacefacts
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2/4 Cairo's sky: the Moon rises at 7:19 am (05:19 UTC) and stands low in the southeast, 15° up and still climbing, but only 13° from the Sun: too thin to see in daylight. It is highest at 12:27 pm (10:27 UTC) at 34° and sets at 5:32 pm (15:32 UTC).
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1/4 New Moon, exactly, 9 November 2026, 07:02 UTC, 0.2 % lit. In Moscow it is 10:02 am. Today's flight goes to Compton crater on the far side, now in full sunlight. 🌑 #moonphases #spacefacts
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2/4 Moscow's sky: the Moon rises at 8:25 am (05:25 UTC) and stands low in the south-southeast, 7° up and still climbing, but only 6° from the Sun: invisible in daylight. It is highest at 12:11 pm (09:11 UTC) at 11° and sets at 3:47 pm (12:47 UTC).
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1/4 Waning crescent Moon, 1.1 % lit, 8 November 2026, 07:31 UTC. In Havana it is 2:31 am and the Moon is still below the horizon. Today's flight goes to Drygalski crater on the far side, near the south pole. 🌘 #moonphases #spacefacts
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2/4 Havana's sky: the Moon rises at 6:01 am (11:01 UTC) in the east, shortly before the Sun, a hair-thin crescent lost in the dawn glow. It is highest at 11:39 am (16:39 UTC) at 47° and sets at 5:13 pm (22:13 UTC).
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1/4 Waning crescent Moon, 3.9 % lit, 7 November 2026, 08:22 UTC. In Belém it is 5:22 am. Today's flight goes to Rozhdestvenskiy crater by the north pole, a far-side crater tipped just into view. 🌘 #moonphases #spacefacts
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2/4 Belém's sky: the Moon rose at 4:21 am (07:21 UTC) and stands low in the east-southeast, 13° up and still climbing in the dawn sky, leaning about 110° to the left. It is highest at 10:33 am (13:33 UTC) at 78° and sets at 4:46 pm (19:46 UTC).
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1/4 Waning crescent Moon, 8.5 % lit, 6 November 2026, 09:32 UTC. In Santo Domingo it is 5:32 am. Today's flight goes to Pythagoras crater on the near side, by the northwestern edge. 🌘 #moonphases #spacefacts
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2/4 Santo Domingo's sky: the Moon rose at 4:16 am (08:16 UTC) and stands low in the east-southeast, 16° up and still climbing, leaning about 90° to the left. It is highest at 10:17 am (14:17 UTC) at 63° and sets at 4:14 pm (20:14 UTC).
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1/4 Waning crescent Moon, 14.7 % lit, 5 November 2026, 11:02 UTC, halfway to new Moon. In Chicago it is 5:02 am. Today's flight goes to Plaskett crater on the far side, near the north pole. 🌘 #moonphases #spacefacts
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2/4 Chicago's sky: the Moon rose at 2:40 am (08:40 UTC) and stands low in the east-southeast, 24° up and still climbing, leaning about 64° to the left. It is highest at 8:47 am (14:47 UTC) at 45° and sets at 2:42 pm (20:42 UTC).
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1/4 Waning crescent Moon, 22.3 % lit, 4 November 2026, 12:52 UTC. In Tijuana it is 4:52 am. Today's flight goes to Casatus crater on the near side, by the southern edge. 🌘 #moonphases #spacefacts
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2/4 Tijuana's sky: the Moon rose at 1:40 am (09:40 UTC) and stands 37° up in the east-southeast, still climbing, leaning about 72° to the left. It is highest at 8:04 am (16:04 UTC) at 60° and sets at 2:18 pm (22:18 UTC).
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1/4 Waning crescent Moon, 31.0 % lit, 3 November 2026, 15:02 UTC. In Honolulu it is 5:02 am. Today's flight goes to Heaviside crater, deep on the far side. 🌘 #moonphases #spacefacts
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2/4 Honolulu's sky: the Moon rose at 1:39 am (11:39 UTC) and stands 45° up in the east, still climbing, leaning about 89° to the left, on its side. It is highest at 8:07 am (18:07 UTC) at 77°, almost overhead, and sets at 2:29 pm (00:29 UTC).
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Waning crescent Moon, 40.4 % lit, 2 November 2026, 17:34 UTC. In Melbourne it is 4:34 am on 3 November. Today's flight goes to Debye crater on the far side. 🌘 #moonphases #spacefacts 1/4
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Melbourne's sky: the Moon rose at 2:54 am (15:54 UTC) and stands low in the northeast, 16° up and still climbing, leaning about 156° to the left, nearly upside down. It is highest at 8:15 am (21:15 UTC) at 38° and sets at 1:45 pm (02:45 UTC). 2/4
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Last quarter Moon, exactly half lit: 1 November 2026, 20:28 UTC. As seen from Shanghai (4:28 am on 2 November), with a flight to Sommerfeld crater on the far side. 🌗 #moonphases #spacefacts
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In Shanghai it rose at 10:55 pm (14:55 UTC). At 4:28 am it stands 66° high in the east-southeast, leaning about 69° to the left, still climbing to 78° at 6:02 am (22:02 UTC). It sets at 1:00 pm (05:00 UTC).
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Waxing gibbous Moon, 87% illuminated: 22 October 2026, 20:00 UTC. Today’s flight returns to the far side, just south of the equator and about 1,040 km beyond the edge visible from Earth. Langemak lies near the day-night boundary.
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With the Sun just 7° above the horizon and sinking. The crater is 105 km across and about 5 km deep, with terraced walls and a low, curved central ridge. More than 3 billion years old, it carries bright streaks of material thrown out by the younger crater Necho.
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🌒 Tonight’s Moon is a thin waxing crescent, 25 % lit, five days after New Moon. It grows a little every evening. Along the line between day and night, more than 180 craters sit in grazing light right now, their rims bright, their floors in long shadows.
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It is named after Georgy Langemak (1898–1938), a Soviet rocket engineer whose work helped lay the groundwork for the rockets fired by Katyusha launchers in World War II. Arrested in 1937 during Stalin’s Great Purge, he was executed the following January.
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🌘 Waning Crescent - Illumination: 2% 📆 Wed, Sep 9 @ 23:34 GMT 🌑 Next New Moon in ~1 day: 🗓 Fri, Sep 11 @ 03:27 GMT 🌕 Next Full Moon in ~17 days: 🗓 Sat, Sep 26 @ 16:50 GMT 🌘 #september2026 #waningcrescent #virgomoon #moonwoman #selenophile
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📆 Wed, Sep 9 @ 19:35 GMT The 🌘 moon just changed sign to ♍️ Virgo . 🌘 #september2026 #virgo #virgomoon
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🌘 Waning Crescent - Illumination: 7% 📆 Tue, Sep 8 @ 20:23 GMT 🌑 Next New Moon in ~2 days: 🗓 Fri, Sep 11 @ 03:27 GMT 🌕 Next Full Moon in ~18 days: 🗓 Sat, Sep 26 @ 16:50 GMT 🌘 #september2026 #waningcrescent #leomoon #science #deepspace
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🌘 Waning Crescent - Illumination: 15% 📆 Mon, Sep 7 @ 17:24 GMT 🌑 Next New Moon in ~3 days: 🗓 Fri, Sep 11 @ 03:27 GMT 🌕 Next Full Moon in ~19 days: 🗓 Sat, Sep 26 @ 16:50 GMT 🌘 #september2026 #waningcrescent #leomoon #longexpohunter #milkyway
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📆 Mon, Sep 7 @ 16:49 GMT The 🌘 moon just changed sign to ♌ Leo . 🌘 #september2026 #leo #leomoon
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🌘 Waning Crescent - Illumination: 25% 📆 Sun, Sep 6 @ 14:30 GMT 🌑 Next New Moon in ~5 days: 🗓 Fri, Sep 11 @ 03:27 GMT 🌕 Next Full Moon in ~20 days: 🗓 Sat, Sep 26 @ 16:50 GMT 🌘 #september2026 #waningcrescent #cancermoon #goodforyoursoul #livewithintention
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