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equipment and infrastructure on the Moon." The study is published in The Planetary Science Journal.

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Our own moon, of course, exhibits all the phases. Superior planets, though, usually appear gibbous, and appear full only when at opposition (see below), from our Earthly point of view. Viewed from ...