The moon is 4x smaller than the earth, causing the moon to cover up completely the sun on a solar eclipse.
the moon, as it rotates around the earth, creates the tides of the ocean through it's gravitational pull
During a new moon, the moon is positioned between the sun and the Earth, so the side of the moon that receives sunlight is facing away from Earth. This is why we see the side of the moon that is not illuminated by sunlight during a new moon phase.
You would weigh way less on the moon. For example. If you weighed 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 16.6 pounds on the moon.
No, the orientation of the thin crescent moon can vary depending on the time of year and your location on Earth. The angle at which the crescent moon is tilted can change as it moves in its orbit around the Earth.
The moon revolves around the Earth in a counterclockwise direction. This motion is called orbital motion, and it takes about 27.3 days for the moon to complete one orbit around the Earth.
the moon, as it rotates around the earth, creates the tides of the ocean through it's gravitational pull
its the way the earth is
It's stuck in the Earth gravitaional pull.Another answer:Because the Earth has a gravitational pull on the moon. Actually, the Earth and moon revolve around each other common center of gravity. Without the Earth in it's way the moon would just head off in a straight line. Instead, as the moon tries to move away, the Earth does two remarkable things. One, it pulls the moon towards Earth, and two, the Earth moves out of the moon's way.
Yes, our months are based on the movement of the moon around the earth.
During a new moon, the moon is positioned between the sun and the Earth, so the side of the moon that receives sunlight is facing away from Earth. This is why we see the side of the moon that is not illuminated by sunlight during a new moon phase.
The moon orbits the earth in such a way that the same side of the moon is facing towards the earth at all times. A fancy way of describing this is that the moon rotates once when it orbits the earth once. Rocks returned from the Apollo lunar landings are made of the same material as the rocks on earth. Scientists now believethat the moon was created when another object slammed into the earth back when the earth was still very hot and had a much thinner crust. The moon is a combination of the earth at that timeand the object that hit us. That is why the moon rotates once with evey revolution.
35 pounds on the Moon.
One way in which Earth is affected by the moon is through the gravitational pull it exerts. This gravitational pull causes tides in Earth's oceans, as well as subtle changes in the planet's rotation and axial tilt over time.
You would weigh way less on the moon. For example. If you weighed 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 16.6 pounds on the moon.
No, the orientation of the thin crescent moon can vary depending on the time of year and your location on Earth. The angle at which the crescent moon is tilted can change as it moves in its orbit around the Earth.
The moon revolves around the Earth in a counterclockwise direction. This motion is called orbital motion, and it takes about 27.3 days for the moon to complete one orbit around the Earth.
allways one half of earth only will get sunlight