https://phaidra.ustp.at/o:7821 From Antiquity to 3D Modeling: The Moon Machine : 7th International Conference on Creative\Media/Technologies (IConCMT), 2025 Weibel, Thomas Thomas Weibel 0009-0007-7843-5935 University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons text open access eng Observing the lunar cycles has been relevant to humankind for millennia, and already in ancient Babylon their fundamental laws were discovered: 19 solar years correspond to almost exactly 235 synodic lunar months or full cycles of moon phases. This so-called Metonic cycle provides a framework for building lunisolar calendars by synchronizing the solar with the lunar year. The Metonic cycle can be visualized using the machine metaphor, and turned into a virtual online and even a mechanical, 3D-printable moon phase calculator. This article has been double-blind peer reviewed. Experimental archaeology ÖFOS 2012 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- History, Archaeology (601) -- History, Archaeology (6010) -- Experimental archaeology (601025) astronomy moon lunar phases metonic cycle 3d printing science history Experimentelle Archäologie ÖFOS 2012 -- GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) -- Geschichte, Archäologie (601) -- Geschichte, Archäologie (6010) -- Experimentelle Archäologie (601025) 02.01 Geschichte der Wissenschaft und Kultur Allgemeine Werke und Philosophie -- Wissenschaft und Kultur allgemein -- Wissenschaft und Kultur allgemein: Allgemeines -- Geschichte der Wissenschaft und Kultur Astronomie Sternkunde Himmelskunde Astronomy Mondphase Mond / Phase 3D-Druck 3D-Print 3D-Drucken 3D Printing Binder Jetting 3D-Druckverfahren Wissenschaftsgeschichte http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://phaidra.ustp.at/api/object/o:7821/download 10.60522/o:7818 https://phaidra.ustp.at/o:7819 application/pdf 22.55 MB 2026