Chinese Lunar New Year is, as its name suggests, based on a system of measuring time based on the cycles of the Moon. The lunar calendar is used to determine the dates of important events and ...
Amateur astronomer Keith Cooley has a brief list of the moon names of other cultures, including Chinese and Celtic, on his website. Full moon names often correspond to seasonal markers ...
While past U.S. and Soviet missions have collected samples from the moon’s near side, the Chinese mission was the first that has collected samples from the far side. The moon program is part of ...