Review: Lunar Motion

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ReviewLunar Motion

• Review Questions
• Sept 15, 2010

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Question 1
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• The moon is on the equator
• (a) never
• (b) always
• (c) always from observer on earths equator
• (d) twice a month
• (e) twice a day

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Question 2
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• Which constellation will the moon never pass
  through?
• (a) Taurus
• (b) Scorpio
• (c) Aquarius
• (d) Ursa Major
• (e) Leo

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Question 3
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• For a total solar eclipse the moon must be
• (a) new
• (b) at perigee
• (c) near a lunar node
• (d) all of these
• (e) none of these

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Question 4
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• For a high tide the moon must be
• (a) new
• (b) at perigee
• (c) near a lunar node
• (d) transiting
• (e) none of these

It MIGHT be transiting overhead, but it could be
underneath the earth (lower culmination)
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Question 5
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• The time between full moons is the ____ month
• (a) sidereal
• (b) synodic
• (c) draconic
• (d) anomalistic
• (e) tropical