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a slow-motion goodbye, drifting two inches farther from us every single year
means Relating to the Moon — its light, its cycles, or anything measured or governed by it.
from From Latin luna, "moon," itself thought to come from an older root meaning "light" or "to shine" — the same family that gives us "lucid" and "illuminate." Luna was also the Roman goddess of the moon, so the word carries her face. The old belief that moonlight could unsettle the mind left its mark in a cousin word: "lunatic."
- running away
- Moon recedes 3.8 cm yearly, slowing Earth's spin
- two-faced
- Same side always faces us, tidally locked
- day length
- A lunar day lasts about 29 Earth days
- month origin
- Word 'month' descends from the Moon's cycle
- footprints forever
- Apollo bootprints persist, no wind to erase them
for instance
apollo 11 moon landing — neil armstrong walked on the moon on july 20, 1969
chang'e 3 rover — chinese spacecraft landed yutu rover on moon in december 2013
lunar eclipse may 2022 — total lunar eclipse visible worldwide on may 15-16, 2022