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The 29 pages that link to Orbit of the Moon, each with the reason it gives.

• Lunar phaseRelated: The Moon’s changing orbital position changes the angle between its sunlit and visible halves.

• Solar eclipseRelated: Its inclination usually carries the new Moon above or below the Sun in the sky.

• Lunar monthRelated: The Moon’s orbital motion produces the changing positions that define the phase cycle.

• Lunar librationRelated: Its changing speed along an elliptical path produces longitudinal optical libration.

• Full moonRelated: The Moon’s orbital motion carries it into opposition with the Sun.

• Earth's MoonRelated: Its elliptical, slowly evolving path determines the Moon's distance, motion, and eclipses.

• Harvest MoonRelated: Its eastward motion determines how much later the Moon usually rises each night.

• Michael CollinsRelated: Collins circled the Moon here while the lunar module was separated.

• Thomas P. StaffordRelated: Apollo 10 tested the command and lunar modules’ operations in this orbit.

• Far side of the MoonRelated: The Moon's orbital period matches its rotation period.

• Ken MattinglyRelated: Mattingly mapped and observed the Moon from orbit during Apollo 16.

• Stuart RoosaRelated: Roosa maintained the command module in lunar orbit during the surface expedition.

• Alfred WordenRelated: Worden maintained the command module in lunar orbit while Scott and Irwin landed.

• Artemis IIRelated: Artemis II does not enter lunar orbit, making its flyby distinct from orbital missions.

• Astronomical nutationRelated: Its moving nodes and inclination generate major lunar components of nutation.

• Origin of the MoonRelated: Its present geometry preserves clues about the system’s initial rotation and subsequent evolution.