इस कार्य को इसके लेखक, Tomruen द्वारा सार्वजनिक डोमेन में प्रकाशित किया गया है। यह पूरे विश्व में लागू होता है। कुछ देशों में यह कानूनी तौर पर नहीं हो सकता है; ऐसा हो तो: Tomruen सभी को इस कार्य का इस्तेमाल किसी भी उद्देश्य से, बिना किसी बाधाओं के इन शर्तों के कानून द्वारा अनिवार्य किए तक करने की अनुमति देता/देती हैं।

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This image is a derivative work of the following images:

• File:Lunar_libration_with_phase_Oct_2007.gif licensed with PD-self
  • 2007-11-06T01:03:49Z Tomruen 640x642 (10111965 Bytes) 'Summary == Information | Description = {en|[Moon|Lunar][en:libration..for more descriptions'

[:fr:Libration|[:fr:lune|lune]. description'

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Technical

• Book: "Astronomical Formulae for Calculators, 4th edition", Jean Meeus, 1988, published by "Willmann-Bell, Inc"
  • Chapter 30 "Position of the Moon"

Source bitmap for projection from NRL's Clementine Spacecraft:

• USGS: Global simple cylindrical projection at 10 km/pixel. [1]

• Animation
  • 60 frames, 12 hour step.
  • Period used: 29.5 days
  • Animation began and ended near Apogee to minimize "jumping" when cycles back to the start.
  • New moon given an unreal 1% intensity "Ambient light" to show motion in all phases.
  • View assumed from the center of the earth. (Geometrically impossible, but best demonstration of monthly libration caused by moon's motion versus the shorter daily libration that would be included from the surface of the earth.)

This version of the animation has less frames compared to the original to make the loop continuous (jumpiness when restarting).