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![[A volvelle showing the movement of the moon throughout the calendar year]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0NzQvMDEvMDEvYS12b2x2ZWxsZS1zaG93aW5nLXRoZS1tb3ZlbWVudC1vZi10aGUtbW9vbi10aHJvdWdob3V0LXRoZS1jYWxlbmRhci15ZWFyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/249/jpg "[A volvelle showing the movement of the moon throughout the calendar year]")
![[Comic scene involving balloons and people surveying the Moon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvY29taWMtc2NlbmUtaW52b2x2aW5nLWJhbGxvb25zLWFuZC1wZW9wbGUtc3VydmV5aW5nLXRoZS1tb29uLWMzNzk1MC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Comic scene involving balloons and people surveying the Moon]")
![[Comic scene involving balloons and people surveying the Moon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvY29taWMtc2NlbmUtaW52b2x2aW5nLWJhbGxvb25zLWFuZC1wZW9wbGUtc3VydmV5aW5nLXRoZS1tb29uLTRmM2QwOS02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "[Comic scene involving balloons and people surveying the Moon]")
![[Fulling cloth by moonlight] - Public domain dedication image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvZnVsbGluZy1jbG90aC1ieS1tb29ubGlnaHQtMGM0ZGI3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Fulling cloth by moonlight] - Public domain dedication image")
![[Phase of the moon taken March 1851]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvcGhhc2Utb2YtdGhlLW1vb24tdGFrZW4tbWFyY2gtMTg1MS03MWNhZWUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/46/webp "[Phase of the moon taken March 1851]")
![[The Earth with the Milky Way and moon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvdGhlLWVhcnRoLXdpdGgtdGhlLW1pbGt5LXdheS1hbmQtbW9vbi1hZTIyZjYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[The Earth with the Milky Way and moon]")
![[Astrological device showing signs of the Chinese calendar, with case]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvYXN0cm9sb2dpY2FsLWRldmljZS1zaG93aW5nLXNpZ25zLW9mLXRoZS1jaGluZXNlLWNhbGVuZGFyLXdpdGgtY2FzZS1hNjQ3OTctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "[Astrological device showing signs of the Chinese calendar, with case]")
