Why the Moon Shapes Human Timekeeping and Culture 2025
The Moon as a Celestial Timekeeper: Foundations of Lunar Timekeeping A 29.5-day cycle, from one new moon to the next, forms the Moon’s rhythmic pulse—central to early human timekeeping. Unlike the Sun’s slow annual journey across the sky, the Moon’s phases offer frequent, vivid markers: new moon, full moon, and quarter moons. These predictable events […]