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🌓 Moon Phases from Earth: Terminator, Earthshine, Libration and Orbit Nodes — 2D Orbit and Disc Diagram

2D companion of the Moon phases lab: top-down Sun-Earth-Moon geometry, the Moon face with libration, and plots of illumination, distance, libration, ecliptic latitude and moonrise, using the same orbit model as the 3D scene.

Space & Astronomy2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

Moon PhasesOrbital MechanicsLibrationThree.jsBlender

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install