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Moon is a Germanic word, related to the Latin mensis (month). The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth every 27.3 days (the orbital period), and the periodic variations in the geometry of the Earth–Moon–Sun system are responsible for the phases of the moon, which repeat every 29.5 days. The Moon’s diameter is 3,474 kilometres (2,159 mi), a little more than a quarter of that of the Earth. Thus, the Moon’s surface area is less than a tenth that of the Earth (about a quarter the Earth’s land area, approximately as large as Russia, Canada, and the United States combined), and its volume is about 2 percent that of Earth. The pull of gravity at its surface is about 17 percent of that at the Earth’s surface.   -   Wikipedia

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Month : Nov ‘08                                                                               Location : City Hall, Singapore

I took these pictures on 28th November 2008 when Jupiter & Venus can be seen clearly with the naked eye. The day was one of those days when both Jupiter and Venus were quite close with each other. I took the opportunity to take a few shots of them over the Singapore sky. The building I used over here is the Old Supreme Court building located in City Hall. There was a Jupiter, Venus and moon conjunction on 1st December but I couldn’t get a good shot of it as it wasn’t a clear sky during the event. It was supposed to be a smiley face but well, it didn’t really happen here..

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