Monday, March 15, 2021

"Good Night, Moon"

The new moon

1.6 day old moon

2.9 percent lit

March 14 was Pi Day.

3.14159265359. (click here) If you've never seen this number, it's first few digits of the mathematical constant π (pi). And why is that interesting? Pi is the ratio of the circumference, the length around a circle, to its diameter, the length across a circle. When you do the math, you get a number that's slightly greater than 3. Since circles are fundamental to everything from building construction to quantum physics, pi sees a lot of use....