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One complete lunar 'day' is about 29.5 Earth days. So any spot on the moon has
the sun up in its sky and light for 14.7 Earth days, followed by the sun down and
not in the sky and darkness for the next 14.7 Earth days.
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How long is one day and night cycle on the moon?
14 hours and 17 mins
How long is one day night cycle on the moon?
14 hours and 17 mins
Can you see a full moon in the middle of the day or a new moon in the middle of the night?
Neither one.
How many hours in one day and night on the moon?
Though the Moon always shows just one face to Earth, it revolves around the Earth in about 28 days. You would expect that 14 of those [Earth] days on the Moon would be Sunlit and 14 in darkness. [one fortnight for sunlight and the same for night] So a Moon day takes about 14 times 24 Earth hours, and as many for a night on the Moon.
How long is day and how long is night on earth?
One full day is 24 hours long. How long a day or night is will depend on what part of the world you are located in.
How long is one moon to Indians?
One moon is equal to about a month because one "moon cycle" takes about one month. Either that, or it's one night.
Which phase of the moon occurs when the moon rises near sunset and is seen during night?
Full moon, or within one day of the full.
How often during a one month time span do you think you can see the moon during the entire night?
The entire night? Only one night, during the full moon, when the Moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. However, the Moon is generally visible in the daytime as well, except for a day either side of the new moon.
Why does the moon have a day and night?
Because it is round, and the Sun can only shine on one side at a time.
Why is there day and night on the moon?
because one side is faceing the sun and the other side isn't
How long by train from Montreal to Vancouver?
one day and one night
What happens to the moon when its waning?
Nothing special. The Moon has days and nights like Earth does, except on the Moon it takes 29.5 days for one lunar "day" and "night".When you look at the Moon and it is "waning", what you are seeing is night falling (slowly) on the side of the Moon that we can see.
