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Why the moon is seen red during total lunar eclipse?

A simple explanation, accompanied by a clear diagram, of why the eclipsed moon appears red.

http://www.hk-phy.org/iq/red_moon/red_moon_e.html

Why is the moon moving away from the earth?

An interesting piece explaining how the moon's motion, tides and the earth's rotation are linked.

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=124

Eclipse Of The Moon

This simple animation show what happens during a lunar eclipse as the moon passes through the shadow of the Earth.

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/lunar/index.html

Earth and Moon viewer

An interactive site where images of the Earth or the Moon can be viewed from positions in space. An extremely useful tool to see day/night divisions on Earth.

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/

Phases of the moon

Animations to show phases of the moon as viewed from earth and above

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/java/MoonPhase.html

Phases of the Moon

Great animation which shows the different phases of the moon

http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/astro/esm/moonphase

The Moon: 50 fantastic features

50 features on the moon that you can spot with a telescope.

http://www.skymania.com/wp/moon-50-fantastic-features/

Lunar mirror experiment finally comes to an end

The astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission left a mirror on the surface of the moon to determine the distance from the Earth to the Moon. After 40 years, the experiment is finally being shut down.