Sentences with phrase «like phases of the moon»

Because kickers are so unpredictable, and their talents so subject to factors like the phases of the moon, many coaches don't like to risk scholarships on them.

The drawings in the first enclosure lean to diamonds and to circles like phases of the moon.

Not exact matches

Sumerian life at the time was built as most polytheistic cultures are — pet gods, responsible for things like the health of a harvest, the phases of the moon or fertility.

It is quite another order of knowledge that discloses, for example, the «lunar destiny» of human existence, the fact that man is «measured» by the temporal rhythms illustrated by the phases of the moon, that he is fated to die but, quite like the moon which reappears after three days of darkness, man too can begin his existence anew, that in any case he nourishes the hope in a life after death, assured or ameliorated through an initiation ritual.

Another method, if one goal was to smooth out sudden generational shifts, would be to appoint some larger pool of full Justices, not acting as subs, but as a full rotating roster, [something like one of those watches or clocks that shows phases of the moon], advancing by one justice per trial.)

Like its darker - colored cousin shown above, this white wristband watch offers a stunning view of the moon's different phases.

Wallace plans to continue exploring the topic to see whether certain categories of rain, like heavy downpours, are more susceptible to the phases of the moon, and whether the frequency of rainstorms shows any lunar connection.

Assuming Proxima b is tidally locked, Webb could then detect changes in the planet's thermal glow as its cold, nightside and warm, sunlit dayside shift in and out of view across one complete orbit, rather like watching phases of the moon as it circles Earth.

Like today, think about it, how few of us can say, «Well, what phase is the moon at?»

Through the newly invented telescope Galileo had seen many things that couldn't be explained by the dominant cosmology of the time, rooted in the idea that all things revolved around Earth: things like moons crossing the face of Jupiter, or the changing phases of Venus as sunlight caught it at different angles — an impossibility if Venus's orbit encircled Earth.

I'd like to start cycle syncing and I've seen you recommend using the moon phases multiple times for amenorrhea sufferers; however, since I had a period 7 months ago, would I be better served by using that as the baseline and estimating the number of days spent in each of the four phases between then and now?

Like all things of a watery nature (human beings are about 70 % water), we are affected by the phases of the moon.

A simple activity where children draw what the moon likes like each night whilst deciding which phase of the moon it is by using their help sheet.

Students need to find information such as the phases of the moon and what the lanterns and dances look like.

Ideally, you'd like to know the entire curve (and how its affected by ambient air temperature, altitude, humidity, phases of the moon, etc):

For the Calendar series Roysdon uses an object like a sundial underneath the enlarger lens to cast a shadow that resembles a lightbulb or phases of the moon, visually imprinting time.