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The 22 pages that link to Lunar phase, each with the reason it gives.

• Islamic calendarNarrower topic: Month boundaries depend on the Moon’s changing appearance.

• Lunar calendarRelated: Visible phases provide the cycle that lunar months track.

• Lunisolar calendarNarrower topic: Calendar months follow the recurring sequence of lunar phases.

• Lunar monthBroader topic: A lunar month is measured by the recurrence of a particular phase.

• MoonRelated: The Moon’s phase depends on the changing geometry among the Sun, Earth, and Moon.

• MoonlightRelated: Phase determines how much of the Moon’s illuminated face is visible from Earth.

• Lunar librationCompared with: Phases change illumination, whereas libration changes which surface regions face Earth.

• Full moonNarrower topic: Full moon is one phase in the repeating sequence set by changing viewing geometry.

• Aristarchus of SamosRelated: Aristarchus used the half-moon geometry to estimate the Sun’s distance relative to the Moon.

• Earth's MoonBroader topic: The Moon's changing appearance follows its position relative to Earth and the Sun.

• UposathaRelated: Full and new moons commonly mark Uposatha days.

• Astronomical clockRelated: A Moon dial can show the phase through a geared rotating disc.

• New moonNarrower topic: New moon is one point in the cycle of changing visible illumination.

• NightRelated: Moonlight can make nights brighter, but lunar phases do not determine when night begins.

• Harvest MoonNarrower topic: The Harvest Moon is a seasonal designation applied to one occurrence of this recurring phase cycle.

• Christmas Island red crabRelated: Females time the release of larvae to particular tides associated with lunar phases.

• Orbit of the MoonRelated: The Moon’s changing position relative to Earth and Sun creates the phase cycle.

• SupermoonRelated: Only a full or new phase qualifies for the common supermoon definition.

• Lunar deityRelated: The phase cycle gives lunar traditions a recurring image of change and return.

• Night skyRelated: The phase determines how much moonlight brightens the night sky.

• ChandraRelated: The waxing and waning phases are explained in Hindu myth through Chandra’s curse.

• Near side of the MoonRelated: The visible near-side surface changes illumination as the Moon's phase changes.