What would it feel like to walk on the moon?

Answer 1

Yes and twelve American men have already done so. It is a bit different to walking here on Earth as the gravity is one-sixth of what we have here. They found that one Earth-step would propel them a lot further than they expected and often would fall. They found that by doing a sort of ' bunny-jump' they managed better.

Answer 2

Are you planning a trip to the Moon and you're wondering what kinds of temperature you might experience. Well, you're going to want to pack something to keep you warm, since the temperature of the Moon can dip down to -153°C during the night. Oh, but you're going to want to keep some cool weather clothes too, since the temperature of the Moon in the day can rise to 107°C.

Why does the moon's temperature vary so widely? It happens because the Moon doesn't have an atmosphere like the Earth. Here on Earth, the atmosphere acts like a blanket, trapping heat. Sunlight passes through the atmosphere, and warms up the ground. The energy is emitted by the ground as infrared radiation, but it can't escape through the atmosphere again easily so the planet warms up. Nights are colder than days, but it's nothing like the Moon.

There's another problem. The moon takes 27 days to rotate once on its axis. So any place on the surface of the Moon experiences about 13 days of sunlight, followed by 13 days of darkness. So if you were standing on the surface of the Moon in sunlight, the temperature would be hot enough to boil water. And then the Sun would go down, and the temperature would drop 250 degrees in just a matter of moments.

To deal with this dramatic range in temperature, spacesuits are heavily insulated with layers of fabric and then covered with reflective outer layers. This minimizes the temperature differences between when the astronaut is in the sunlight and when in shade. Space suits also have internal heaters and cooling systems, and liquid heat exchange pumps that remove excess heat.

There are craters around the north and south poles of the Moon which are bathed in complete shadow, and never see sunlight. This places would always be as cool as -153°C. Similarly, there are nearby mountain peaks which are bathed in continuous sunlight, and would always be hot.

We have written many articles for Universe Today about some of the special regions of the Moon. Here's an article about building a moon base, and here's an article about a perfect crater for a human settlement.

Here's an answer to the question from Windows on the Universe, and here's some information from Teacher's Domain.

You can listen to a very interesting podcast about the formation of the Moon from Astronomy Cast, Episode 17: Where Did the Moon Come From?

Reference:

NASA Moon Facts.

Answer 3

There are no atmospheric conditions on the moon, mainly because there is no atmosphere.

No wind, rain, sleet, snow, drizzle, mist, fog, haze, clouds, sound, lightning, high or low pressure systems,
jet stream, blue sky, red sky at sunset, twinkling stars, shooting stars (meteors), barometric pressure,
popping in your ears when you ride an elevator.

Also no pollution, smoke, acid rain, ozone alert days, Allergies, pollen, humidity.

None of that on the moon.

Answer 4

Personally, no. But an astronaut or scientist who has made the trip from earth and successfully landed on the moon, and is suitably equipped to survive the 'outer-space' conditions on the moon, is able to walk there, as the several members of the Apollo program who landed have done.

Answer 5

There is no weather as we understand it, because the Moon has no appreciable atmosphere, and no water. In direct sunshine the temperature is hundreds of degrees, and in shadow it is far below freezing. There is no air to transport the heat from one place to another, which -- along with water -- is what creates weather.

Answer 6

Conditions are very different on the moon as opposed to conditions experienced on the Earth. For instance, the moon is extremely dusty, it is freezing cold on one side and boiling hot on the other, and there is no precipitation.

Answer 7

Just fine, as long as he brings all of his air, water, food, pressure, heating, cooling,

toothpaste, fuel, reading material, radiation shielding, music, and clothing with him

from earth. You can't get any of that stuff anywhere on the moon.

Answer 8

Pretty much non-existant. Climate is mostly an expression of variable temperatures, rainfall, clouds, winds, snow, etc. The moon goes from roasting hot in the sunlight to extremely cold in the shadow. That isn't considered a climate change.

Answer 9

You would feel 1/6 of your weight, so if you were 120 pounds, you would weigh 20 pounds on the moon, and since the gravity is less, the moon would have less pull on your body, so you could hop more than four meters in the air.

Answer 10

Because the Moon is about 1/6 the size of Earth, gravity on the Moon is 1/6 as strong as it is on Earth. This means that someone who weighs 150 lb on Earth would weigh only 25 lbs on the moon! You might think that this would make walking much easier, but it is actually quite difficult (see related links). Later in the Apollo (Moon landing) mission, astronauts discovered that it was easier to hop than it was to walk (see related links).

In terms of subjective experience I can only speculate, but I imagine it would feel similar to walking at the bottom of a pool.