Remind ourselves:

Time Capsule Haiku

Ever radiant…

Thirteen thousand light-years out

Adam’s fire still glows.

…

Remind ourselves:

Occasionally, it is good to remind ourselves

 That our galaxy is 100 thousand light-years in diameter,

 50 thousand light-years in radius,

 and that our solar system is a tiny dot located

30 thousand light-years from the center.

And that it takes 223 million earth years

 for our sun to drag us

 In one complete orbit

Around the center of the Galaxy.

On this grand scale a lifetime of 100 years

 is less than a flash in the pan.

…

Here is an interesting exercise:

Plot the moon's path around the sun.

To simplify the task,

Assume that each month has exactly 30 days,

 And that there are exactly 12 months in the year,

and that the moon orbits the earth exactly once each month.

Locate the positions

Of each Full Moon

And each New Moon

And each Half Moon.

And then connect the dots.