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In Chinese culture, a rabbit represents the moon and symbolizes grace, beauty, mercy, and good luck

Updated on May 18, 2024January 13, 2023

According to an ancient legend, lady Chang’e drank an elixir of life and flew to the moon with a white rabbit in her arms; it was believed Chang’e would live on in immortality as the goddess of the moon and that the spot on the moon was the rabbit.

The Sturgeon Moon reflecting on tranquil waters on a clear August night.
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The Moon’s farthest point from Earth is 252,088 miles/ 405,696 kilometers away

Updated on May 18, 2024January 6, 2023
Moon rising behind a leafless tree at twilight
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During a Full Moon, the Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned

Updated on May 17, 2024December 6, 2022

This is when the Sun and Moon’s gravity pullsn on the Earth at the same time causing extra high and low tides. As the Moon’s gravity tugs at Earth, it shifts Earth’s mass, distorting its shape ever so slightly into that of a football ― elongated at the equator and shortened at the poles. This …

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