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> The milk dipper -- after this.
> 
> October 9  The Milk Dipper
> 
> Tonight the moon is near first quarter.  It looks nearly half
> illuminated in our sky.  This moon is called a quarter, and not a half,
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> because it's one quarter of the way around in its monthly orbit of
> Earth, as measured from new moon to new moon.  Also, when you think
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> about it, you'll realize that the part of the moon that looks half
> illuminated in our sky is really only a quarter of the whole round
> globe of the moon.  Another lighted quarter shines just as brightly in
> the direction of space opposite our planet Earth.

Although I am not an expert on heavenly bodies, It would seem to me
that a full moon would be actually be called a half moon.  Because
it is half way through it's orbit around the earth, (from new moon
to new moon)  Is this an inconsistancy, or am I missing something?
-- 
-Scott

"There is no dark side of the moon really,
 as a matter of fact, it's all dark."

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