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Old November 28th 08, 06:20 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Joe Egginton writes:
Why is it, that the phase of the Moon is the same all over the planet?


The moon is about 240,000 miles away. Compared to that, the Earth's
diameter of around 8,000 miles is not very significant. In other words,
everyone on Earth is viewing the moon from approximately the same
direction.
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