The combination of the moon's 5.1-degree orbital plane offset and Earth's 23.5-degree axial tilt causes moonrise and moonset to vary by up to 29.6 degrees longitude from due east or due west.

Authors

• Person: Katrina Rosen Organization: Nat Hab
  To the Moon and Back: How Lunar Cycles Shape Earth's Wildlife

Sources

• To the Moon and Back: How Lunar Cycles Shape Earth's Wildlife www.nathab.com Katrina Rosen · Nat Hab via serper

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• moon concept
• earth concept