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	Crescent Moon
		The new moon is the beginning of the month and this means that the crescent is the first light of that month.
		Originally, the New Moon was not fixed by astronomical calculations, but was solemnly proclaimed after witnesses had testified to the reappearance of the crescent of the moon.
		A crescent moon is seen soon after the period of darkness where the moon is not seen.
	www.paleotimes.org /articles/newMoonCrescentorFull.htm (1646 words)

	Phases of the Moon and Percent of the Moon Illuminated (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The phases of the Moon are related to (actually, caused by) the relative positions of the Moon and Sun in the sky.
		Considering the Moon as a circular disk, the ratio of the area illuminated by direct sunlight to its total area is the fraction of the Moon's surface illuminated; multiplied by 100, it is the percent illuminated.
		During the crescent phases the percent illuminated is between 0 and 50% and during gibbous phases it is between 50% and 100%.
	aa.usno.navy.mil /faq/docs/moon_phases.html (1330 words)

	Archaeological photo gallery of the Arabian Moon-God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The crescent moon symbol of Islam is a remnant of ancient pagan moon worship.
		However, the crescent moon is the universal symbol of Islam.
		What we can be sure of, is the moon worship was more prevalent in Arabia than any other part of the world and that the symbol of the crescent moon has been used by the Arab religions as far back as the time of Abraham.
	www.bible.ca /islam/islam-photos-moon-worship-archealolgy.htm (1748 words)

	Phases of the Moon: Zoom Astronomy
		The shape varies from a full moon (when the Earth is between the sun and the moon) to a new moon (when the moon is between the sun and the Earth).
		For example, the "Harvest moon" is the full moon that appears nearest to the Autumnal Equinox, occurring in late September or early October.
		The new moon is the phase of the moon when the moon is not visible from Earth, because the side of the moon that is facing us is not being lit by the sun.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/astronomy/moon/Phases.shtml (634 words)

	Twenty-Seven Day Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Moon's thin crescent will tonight only be visible for a short while before sunrise, low in the east.
		As the Moon appears close in the sky to the Sun, it follows that much of the moonward-facing side of the Earth is sunlit.
		Consequently there is a great deal of "earthshine" reflected back onto the Moon (many times brighter than a full moon shining on the Earth) making the dark portion of the Moon's disc faintly visible.
	www.inconstantmoon.com /day_27.htm (252 words)

	Lunar phase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lunar phases vary cyclically as the Moon orbits the Earth, according to the relative positions of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun.
		As the Moon orbits Earth, the Moon wanes, as the amount of illuminated lunar surface reduces, until the Moon effectively disappears at the New Moon, when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun and thus the illuminated half cannot be seen at all.
		This is because the plane of the Moon's orbit around the Earth is tilted by about 5 degrees with respect to the Earth's orbit around the Sun, meaning that at the New and Full Moons the Moon usually lies to the north or south of a direct line through the Earth and Sun.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crescent_Moon (1591 words)

	Crescent Moon
		The crescent moon and star is an internationally-recognized symbol of the faith of Islam.
		There are also reports that the crescent moon and star were used to represent the Carthaginian goddess Tanit or the Greek goddess Diana.
		In any event, the crescent moon was featured on the city's flag even before the birth of Christ.
	sarah4hope.org /crescent_moon.htm (543 words)

	Crescent Moon Clothing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Crescent Moon Clothing is on the first floor of the Historic Collins Mill Building.
		Established in 1994, Crescent Moon Clothing has grown from a hand-painted t-shirt line to a full line of ready to wear women's clothing.
		Crescent Moon Clothing has a motto...."the clothes we love to live in." From school teachers to stay at home moms, Gretchen has a following of loyal customers that truly live in her clothes because of their comfort, ease and versatility.
	www.crescentmoonclothing.com (392 words)

	Moon Watch :: An Einstein Year Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The crescent moon will be faint shortly after new moon but will brighten from night to night as the crescent thickens.
		For those groups who use the first sighting of the new crescent moon in their calendars, these predictions are very significant and mark the beginning and end of periods of fasting and festivals.
		This site allows observers to look at the global visibility of the next new moon, to check their observations of the last new moon, to report their observations and to receive e-mail reminders of the next new moon.
	www.crescentmoonwatch.org (690 words)

	Star and crescent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The star and crescent is a symbol consisting of a crescent with a star at the concave side.
		The star and crescent (with the crescent under the star, which was simply a round circle) were also widely used in ancient Ethiopia and South Arabia (modern day Yemen and southern Saudi Arabia).
		In 339 BC the city of Byzantium, (later known as Constantinople and then Istanbul), won a decisive battle under a brilliant waxing moon which they attributated to their patron Goddess Artemis whose symbol was the crescent moon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Star_and_crescent (612 words)

	Crescent Moon Visibility and the Islamic Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Astronomical New Moon is defined to occur when the Sun and Moon have the same geocentric ecliptic longitude, which may not occur precisely when the Sun and Moon are closest together in the sky.
		This large range of possible elongations in the one-day-old Moon is critical, because at this time the width of the crescent is increasing with the square of the elongation, and the surface brightness of the crescent is also rapidly increasing.
		Effects to be considered are the geometry of the Sun, Moon, and horizon; the width and surface brightness of the crescent; the absorption of the Moon's light and the scattering of the Sun's light in the Earth's atmosphere; and the physiology of human vision.
	aa.usno.navy.mil /faq/docs/islamic.html (1471 words)

	Crescent Moon
		Crescent Moon: Islamic art and civilisation in Southeast Asia is a spectacular visual exploration of the Islamic heritage of Australia’s nearest neighbours.
		In particular, Crescent Moon celebrates the diversity of Islamic designs arriving in Southeast Asia on the winds of foreign trade and cultural exchange: centuries-old richly-dyed Indian textiles and elegant Chinese ceramics and cloisonné have long been prized throughout Southeast Asia.
		Crescent Moon brings together a hundred valuable loans from museums, palace treasuries and private collections of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, displayed alongside objects from Australian institutions, in particular textiles from the National Gallery of Australia’s spectacular collection of Southeast Asian textiles, and Islamic ceramics from the Art Gallery of South Australia.
	www.nga.gov.au /CrescentMoon (659 words)

	Crescent Moon & Star
		Muslims begin some holidays, such as Ramadan, based on the phase of the Moon; their calendar is based on the lunar cycle; they are to visit a holy meteorite in Mecca at least once in their lives; and their religion has roots near Babylonia, known for astronomical observations.
		The crescent moon and star were not used until the Ottoman Empire in 1453 when the Turks conquered Istanbul and adopted the city flag.
		As the Moon moves west, the star appears outside the crescent in the Turkish flag, is between the two ends of the crescent on the Tunisian flag, and inside the crescent on the Algerian flag.
	www.womanastronomer.com /crescent_moon_&_star.htm (1051 words)

	Crescent Moon School of Magic and Paganism
		Today, after 10 years of evolution, Scarlet and her team of educators and facilitators are proud to present Crescent Moon School of Magic and Paganism as a subsidiary of Crescent Moon Spiritual Learning Centre..
		Crescent Moon offers a broad program in studying cultures and pantheons, history of religions, and cultural magical techniques, all subjects which are of interest and value to the modern neo-Pagan practitioner.
		The goal of Crescent Moon School is to introduce people to a variety of magical paths and neo-Pagan religions.
	www.mtl-magicalcircle.ca /crescentmoon/index.html (520 words)

	Crescent Moon Priestess Circlet
		The headband is made of Sterling Silver (10 gauge 1/2 round), wire; the full moon is the size of a quarter.
		The Moon is associated with intuition, magick, and mystery and is a symbol of the powers of flow, psychic perception, receptivity, and the unconscious.
		In Alchemy, the symbol of silver is a crescent moon and called Luna or Diana after the Roman goddess of the moon.
	www.homestead.com /owensaw/CresentMoonPriestess.html (530 words)

	Images: The Crescent Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The crescent shape is a consequence of illumination of the spherical Moon by the Sun.
		Third, the Moon is generally much brighter near the limb (the right edge) than near the terminator (the line on the left separating the day and night sides).
		The gradient is much easier to see in daytime observations of the crescent Moon when the surrounding sky is only slightly less bright than the Moon itself.
	www.calvin.edu /~lmolnar/calobs/moon010228.html (432 words)

	Crescent Moon Cabins
		Crescent Moon Cabins is a unique and serene environment.
		At Crescent Moon Cabins Riviere La Croix allows for a purely cleansing and rejuvenating experience to weary hikers.
		All of the drinking water at Crescent Moon Cabins comes directly from a mountainside source of fresh and great tasting spring water.
	www.crescentmooncabins.com (606 words)

	Crescent Moon Cabins - A Peaceful, Tranquil Hideaway, a natural resort in the rainforest of Dominica
		Crescent Moon cabins is a unique and serene environment prepared by your hosts Ron and Jean Viveralli.
		Crescent Moon Cabins is an eco-sensitive establishment in that we effectively "recycled" the ruins of an original hotel, building on existing foundations, using local hand-harvested materials within previously landscaped areas.
		We were surprised to learn how much the villagers relied on the phases of the moon to know when the best time was to plant and harvest.
	www.avirtualdominica.com /crescentmooncabins (1405 words)

	Crescent Moon: Symbol of Islam
		The star and crescent symbol itself is very ancient, dating back to early Sumerian civilization, where it was associated with the sun God and moon Goddess (one early appearance dates to 2100 BCE), and later, with Goddesses Tani and even Diana.
		Today, the star and crescent is widely accepted as a symbol of the Islamic faith, and is used in decorative arts, jewelry, and national flags- much like the cross in Christian countries.
		It is associated with the use of the moon to time festivals.
	www.irfi.org /articles/articles_451_500/crescent_moon.htm (775 words)

	CNN.com - Crescent moon joins parading planets - May 13, 2002
		The waxing moon will have plenty of companions in the evening sky.
		In fact, the lunar crescent and bright star or planet combination has inspired the design of many flags in the Muslim world, including those of Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan.
		In addition its close to proximity to the planets, the waxing moon could reward sky watchers this week for another reason.
	www.homestead.com /naansfantasy/files/About_crescentmoon.htm (436 words)

	Amazon.com: Crescent Moon (A Nightcreature Novel): Books: Lori Handeland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Thrilled to have a chance at proving the impossible to the world, she accepts and is soon immersed in The Crescent City's world of danger, intrigue and murder.
		As a lover of the Handeland series, I was not disappointed in Crescent Moon, the fourth installment in the series.
		Crescent Moon has everything a romance/paranormal fan would want....a sexy/mysterious tracker/guide who is possibly cursed, and who also appears to be helping to capture the evil wolf (or he is simply protecting the wolf, that he is), while solving several and lots of murders.
	www.amazon.com /Crescent-Nightcreature-Novel-Lori-Handeland/dp/0312938489 (1999 words)

	What are the phases of the Moon?
		The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of 382,400 kilometers.
		We see the side of the Moon that is not being lit by the Sun (in other words, we see no Moon at all, because the brightness of the Sun outshines the dim Moon!) When the Moon is exactly lined up with the Sun (as viewed from Earth), we experience an eclipse.
		As the Moon moves eastward away from the Sun in the sky, we see a bit more of the sunlit side of the Moon each night.
	starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/StarChild/questions/question3.html (755 words)

	About Crescent Moon Coffee
		Lincoln singer/songwriter Terri Jo, the owner/operator of Crescent Moon Coffee, came up with the name because of her long time fascination with the lunar orb in general, and crescent moons in particular.
		The moon figures prominently in her interior decor at the coffee house, and also is in the name of one of her solo CD's, Legend of Strawberry Moon.
		Crescent Moon Coffee has been at home in the Haymarket District since 2001.
	www.crescentmooncoffee.com /about.html (209 words)

	Crescent Moon Cabins - Roseau - Crescent Moon Cabins Reviews - TripAdvisor
		The Crescent Moon Cabins is a very charming, small lodge in rural Dominica.
		My wife and I spent 5 nights at Crescent Moon in early May It was one of the highlights of our 30 night, 30th anniversary Southern Caribbean vacation.
		Crescent Moon Cabins provided us with the most romantic honeymoon spot we could have imagined.
	tripadvisor.com /Hotel_Review-g147282-d263029-Reviews-Crescent_Moon_... (716 words)

	Snowshoes from Crescent Moon - snowshoeing, handcrafted snowshoes, hiking, backcountry snowshoe gear
		Crescent Moon's "single pull loop" (SPL) binding is considered to be the best designed harness system available anywhere in the world.
		The SPL snowshoe binding design is featured on both the Gold and Silver series of snowshoes.
		Crescent Moon continues to lead the industry with its latest innovations to the 'foot-glove' binding.
	www.crescentmoonsnowshoes.com (215 words)

	APOD: 2002 April 19 - The Old Moon in the New Moon's Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Earthshine is Earthlight reflected from the Moon's night side.
		This dramatic image of Earthshine and a young crescent Moon was taken by
		When the Moon appears in Earth's sky as a slender crescent, a dazzlingly bright, nearly full Earth would be seen from the lunar surface.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap020419.html (134 words)

	StarChild: Multidisciplinary Solar System Activities: Moonlight Madness
		The revolution of the Moon around the Earth causes the Moon to appear to change shape in the sky.
		New Moon: lighted side of the Moon faces away from the Earth.
		Waning Crescent: a small part of the lighted Moon is visible and grows smaller on successive days.
	starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/moonlight.html (309 words)

	APOD: 2005 May 13 - When the Moon Was Young (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Still, a young Moon can be a rewarding sight, even for casual skygazers, though the slim crescent is relatively faint and only easy to see low in the west as the sky grows dark after sunset.
		view of an airliner flying in front of the distant sunlit crescent.
		At a high altitude, the jet's stunning contrails reflect the strongly reddened light of the Sun setting below the western horizon.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap050513.html (174 words)

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