How Bright Is the Moon, Really?

Nobody knows exactly how bright the Moon is... but that could change soon

Thu, 02/01/2018 - 12:01

The “inconstant moon,” as Shakespeare called it in Romeo and Juliet, is more reliable than his pair of star-crossed lovers might have thought. Now researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plan to make the Moon even more reliable with a new project to measure its brightness.

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Moonset on the NIST campus
Moonset on the NIST campus. These white domes will house the equipment used in the Moon brightness experiment. Eventually the domes and equipment will be moved to the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. Credit: Jennifer Lauren Lee/NIST

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 14:36

150 micrometers is not ~6 inches, but 150 millimeters is ~6 inches. 150 micrometers is 150 millionths of a meter, not big enough to easily see. Just thought I'd let you know.

Regards,

Marilyn Davenport who notices things like that sometimes

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