Autorentext

Kim Long has been writing about the Moon since the 1980s. He created The Moon Calendar (The Experiment Publishing) in 1980 -- it's been published annually for 45 years, with more than 500,000 lifetime sales. He also created The Moon Almanac (Proximo Press) as an annual extension of The Moon Calendar. As a full-time author/illustrator, Mr. Long has written more than 50 nonfiction titles, most recently What Birds Eat (Skipstone/Mountaineers Books).

Klappentext

The Moon Book provides comprehensive information about the Earth's nearest neighbor. From new moons to full moons, the movements of the Moon are explained and placed in perspective. Topics include: orbit and rotation, the lunar month, moon phases, moonrise and moonset, seasonal changes, eclipses, moon brightness, earthshine, lunar tilt, librations, tides, photographing the moon, history of moon observation, the creation of the moon, native American names of the full moons, moon calendars, names of the Moon in major languages, native American moon names, vital statistics of the Moon, time conversions, and more. An extended section provides a critical explanation of "blue moons."