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Original - Animation of the Moon as it cycles through its phases, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
Update option for 2009 (Apparently has a darker (more realistic) ambient (earthshine) light, maybe I should brighten?)
Reason
It is an animation of excellent quality which clearly depicts lunar phases and libration.
Articles this image appears in
Lunar phase
Creator
Tomruen
There's no missing frame, although more care might be done to minimize the jump. The jump is reality because it's cycling a single month, while each month looks a little different. The libration motion is a mixture of different periods which never repeat perfectly. Tom Ruen (talk) 20:53, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As a computer simulation there is _no reason_ it can't be smooth. — raeky (talk | edits) 15:36, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, thanks for your _expert knowledge_. Tom Ruen (talk) 20:19, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lunar_libration_with_phase_Oct_2007.gif --jjron (talk) 11:47, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]