The moon over America's first Independence Day was about 31 feet closer to Earth than it is today. Here's how colonists used it as a clock, calendar and streetlight — and what astronomers knew about it.
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In 1776, the moon was a clock, a calendar and a streetlight — and it was 31 feet closer to Earth
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