“Every day, the moon rises fifty minutes than the day before.”
I found this video really helpful for visualising the details of how moon-phases work. It combines clear explanation of how the moon is moving with:
- “Human-eye” views of the position of the moon relative to the sun as they move across the horizon in different lunar phases
- “God’s-eye” views of the sun, moon and earth showing their relative movement with a split-screen to show the view from earth
- A clear, repeated takeaway to help us remember what’s going on (above)
Even better than the moon on a stick.
P.S. If you were wondering, the moon orbits the earth in the same direction that the earth spins.
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Design Singapore: Changi airport (1)
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Design matters: refrigerator control dial
A well designed paper bag from Waitrose
Postbox: good info