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Do all people on earth see eclipses at the same time and in the same way?
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∙ 11y ago
No. The amount of the Moon visible from the Earth varies, depending on the phase of the Moon.
At Full Moon, you see nearly all of the Moon's illuminated side. At New Moon, you see nearly
none of it. At Quarter Moon, you see about half of it.
Edwin Mitchell
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∙ 12y agoYes. The moon is tidally locked in orbit around the earth, and the same side of the moon faces the earth all the time. The moon is actually rotating about its axis, but it period of rotation is identical to the period of its orbit about the earth. Wikipedia has a nice article on tidal locking, and a link is provided.
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∙ 14y agoPretty much. The moon keeps the same face turned towards Earth all the time, though it "wobbles" a bit so it's possible to see a bit over half its surface from Earth (not all at the same time, of course), but about 40% of the far side had never been seen until the Soviet Union sent a lunar orbiter up in the 1960s and took pictures.
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∙ 6y agoYes. The only people who have seen the other side *first hand* are the astronauts who went up there, and I'm glad they took pictures. The moon is rotating at the same rate it is orbiting the earth, so the same side of the moon is always facing the Earth (or at least has been for several thousand years of recorded history).
Yes, pretty much so. The Moon is "tidally locked" to the Earth, so that the Moon spins once in the same time as it takes to complete one orbit. Thus, the "near side" of the Moon is always visible from Earth, and we earthlings never saw the "far side" of the Moon until the first Soviet space probes sent back pictures of the other side.
The Moon's rotation is constant, but its speed in its orbit is not. So we see a tiny sliver of the Moon more than the 50% that we might expect; we get little peeks just a little way around the Moon as it follows its elliptical orbit.
When men settle the Moon, most of the settlements are likely to be on the near side, where we'll be able to see the Earth. But some adventurous souls, no doubt, will prefer to settle on the far side, where the Earth will never be visible. You can see the moon "wobble" in the link below which shows a full cycle; the moon is slightly closer to Earth at some times than at others, so its apparent size also changes.
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∙ 13y agoNo. The penumbra is the partial shadow, when direct sunlight from PART of the Sun can hit the Moon, and the Moon is only slightly dimmed. You really can't see a penumbral eclipse without sensitive instruments.
You only see a total lunar eclipse when the entire Moon passes into the umbra, or total shadow, of the Earth.
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∙ 11y agoObviously no, as the sky that you see is different depending on where you are in the world. You will see different stars in Australia than you will in the US. As the planets and sun move, they are seen differently all over the world. Also weather will cloud over some views of eclipses, so even in a very small area, if you have clouds in your town, and the town next door has clear weather- they will see the eclipse "differently".
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∙ 10y agoNo. The 'umbra' is part of a shadow, and, mysteriously, the sun doesn't
have a shadow!
A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon moves into the Earth's shadow.
If the whole moon is in the umbra, then the eclipse is a total one.
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∙ 13y agoYes. Everybody on earth does, because the moon rotates on its own axis with
exactly the same period as it revolves around the earth. So for example:
-- In the time it takes to orbit 1/4 of the way around the earth, it spins 1/4 of a spin.
-- In the time it takes to orbit 1/2 of the way around the earth, it spins 1/2 of a spin.
-- In the time it takes to orbit 90% of the way around the earth, it spins 90% of a spin.
The match is so exact that in the entire recorded history of humans on earth, nobody
ever saw anything on the other side of the moon until the 1960s, when the Russians
sent a spacecraft around the moon, to take pictures of the backside and radio them
back to earth.
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∙ 14y agoEveryone who can see the moon during a lunar eclipse sees the same things happening to it.
Those for whom the moon doesn't happen to be in their sky at the time see none of the eclipse.
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∙ 14y agoWell, Earth has but one moon, so I would imagine yes, we all see the same moon.
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What is called when a group of people are all born at the same time?
people be born at the same time
If people traveled faster than the earth would time go backwards?
No because earth is one big planet and the people are small
How many people occupied earth at the time of Christ?
The population of the world at the time of Christ was estimated at around 200 million people.
Were there people living on earth when pangaea was around?
No people were not around when Pangaea was. The time of Pangaea was before the time of the dinosaurs (they came in the Jurasic era) and we are supposed to have evoled from some types of dinosuars.
How did the public at the colosseum generally view the gladiators?
they had a paradoxal status.they were slaves and the scum of the earth yet they were admired and worshipped at the same time.
Do solar eclipses happen every time the moon travels around the earth?
No, solar eclipses can be years apart.
Do eclipses occur monthly?
Eclipses of Jupiter's moons occur daily. But if you mean the regular solar and lunar eclipses, no, most of the time the Moon will pass by one of the sides of the position required for the eclipse, so there is no eclipse. That is because the Earth's orbit around the Sun, and the Moon's orbit around the Earth, are not exactly in the same plane.Eclipses of Jupiter's moons occur daily. But if you mean the regular solar and lunar eclipses, no, most of the time the Moon will pass by one of the sides of the position required for the eclipse, so there is no eclipse. That is because the Earth's orbit around the Sun, and the Moon's orbit around the Earth, are not exactly in the same plane.Eclipses of Jupiter's moons occur daily. But if you mean the regular solar and lunar eclipses, no, most of the time the Moon will pass by one of the sides of the position required for the eclipse, so there is no eclipse. That is because the Earth's orbit around the Sun, and the Moon's orbit around the Earth, are not exactly in the same plane.Eclipses of Jupiter's moons occur daily. But if you mean the regular solar and lunar eclipses, no, most of the time the Moon will pass by one of the sides of the position required for the eclipse, so there is no eclipse. That is because the Earth's orbit around the Sun, and the Moon's orbit around the Earth, are not exactly in the same plane.
Why are eclipses relatively are events?
because it requires the Earth the Sun and the Moon to all line up just right and at the same time and that is a rare thing
in solar eclipses When is the only time a solar eclipses can happen?
When the moon is very nearly on-line between the centers of the Sun and Earth. (That will also be the time of 'New Moon'.)
How can eclipses occur?
When the moon and sun appear in the same spot in the sky at the same time
When will eclipses come out to theaters?
probably the same time all the others came out
Will all people on earth pass out on the same time?
No.
Is there any place in the world that has not had an eclipse?
No. Lunar eclipses affect the entire night half of the Earth, and happen every year or so. Solar eclipses cover only a tiny swath of the Earth's surface, but given enough time, every point on Earth would be affected.
Why solar eclipse does not occur every time the moon revolves around earth?
The Earth orbits the Sun in a plane that we call the "ecliptic". If the Moon orbited the Earth in that same plane, we would experience eclipses every month. But the plane of the Moon's orbit is about 5 degrees tilted from the ecliptic, and so we only see eclipses at the "nodes" when the Moon's orbital plane crosses the ecliptic at the new or full moons.
Why isn't there a lunar eclipse every time we have a full moon?
The orbit of the Moon is not in the same plane as the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun. So the Moon is only seldom lined up directly behind the Earth from the Sun. However, because of the larger size of the Earth, lunar eclipses are more frequent than solar eclipses, occurring at least twice a year (either total or partial).
Who can see lunar eclipses?
it depends with side of the earth the lunar eclipse is on at the time if it was on the northern side of the earth the southern side would be the ones to see it
Why don't you have a eclipses every month?
because the moons revolution is tilted and most of the time the moon goes over the earth.
