Why does the moon rise and set when you view it from the earth?

Answer 1

Every astronomical object appears to rise in the east, cross the sky, and set in the west.

The reason is the fact that the earth spins, carrying us with it, and so our eyes are constantly

being turned to point in different directions. We don't feel the spinning, so it appears to us

as if the objects we're looking at are spinning by us.

Answer 2

The reason that the moon has different phases is because the light refecting off of it is blocked by the Earth. The Earth casts a shadow on it. The Sun creates its own light and also doesn't revolve around the Earth. So a shadow cannot be cast upon it. The only time you see part or all of the Sun blocked is when the moon passes between it and Earth. This is called a Solar Eclipse.

Answer 3

To the greatest extent, the apparent movement of the Moon is due to the rotation of the Earth.

To the greatest extent, the apparent movement of the Moon is due to the rotation of the Earth.

To the greatest extent, the apparent movement of the Moon is due to the rotation of the Earth.

To the greatest extent, the apparent movement of the Moon is due to the rotation of the Earth.

Answer 4

When the sun goes down and the stars come out, either the moon will be in the sky somewhere or it will not. If it is out, tomorrow at sunset it will be to the east of where it is now. If it is not out, it will come up in the east some time between sunset and morning. Each night it will come up later and later. On one night a month, a full moon will rise at sunset. About two weeks later, there will be no moon all night.

Answer 5

This is incorrect; an observer in space WOULD see the "phases of the Moon", and he would also see the "phases of the Earth". Here on Earth, with a good enough telescope, we can see partial "phases of Venus" and "phases of Jupiter" and of Saturn.

From Ganymede, an observer would see "phases of Jupiter" what would similar to - although vastly more impressive! - than the phases of the Moon that we see from Earth.

However, it wouldn't be the SAME phases that we see from here on Earth.

Answer 6

The Sun shines on the Moon; that's what we see.

The Sun shines on the Moon; that's what we see.

The Sun shines on the Moon; that's what we see.

The Sun shines on the Moon; that's what we see.

Answer 7

During every period of about 29.5 days, the moon spends just as much day-time

in the sky as night-time. You just notice it more often at night, because the sun

is not around to drown it out.

Answer 8

There were a number of different theories of the origin of the Moon, and what it was made of. Did the Earth and Moon form as twin planets? Did the Moon come from someplace else?

But until July 20, 2969, all we had were guesses, without any facts. But between 1969 and 1972, six Apollo spacecraft landed on the Moon, and twelve men went out to explore, to look around - and to gather a few rocks.

The analysis of the moon rocks revealed that the Moon .... USED TO BE PART OF THE EARTH! But how could earth rocks have gotten up there? It took a new explanation, the "giant impactor" hypothesis, and some really powerful computers to come up with an explanation that fits everything that we know now. It's all subject to revision in the light of new facts, but here's what we have now.

When the Earth was very young, there was another small planet or very large asteroid that formed in a similar orbit. That planet may have been as large as Mars, or perhaps only half that size. Scientists have named that planet "Theia", after the Greek Titaness who was mother of Selene, the goddess of the Moon. But about 4 billion years ago, Theia came close to Earth - and then crashed into it.

This probably (and this is all conjecture, theory, and guesswork!) did three things.

1. The debris of Theia, and the debris blasted out of the Earth, combined to form the Moon.

2. Whatever spin the Earth may have had, the impact changed it to about 12 hours per rotation.

3. Whatever axial tilt the Earth may have had before, the collision would certainly have changed it.

The impact would have re-shaped the proto-Earth. That was far too early, we believe, for life to have developed, but this certainly would have destroyed it if it had. Every landmass, every continent, every physical fact about the Earth would have been reshaped; the planet would have been reborn in fire.

Scientists have used the Hubble Space Telescope to look in the Lagrange points, which are points of stability around a planet, to look for debris; so far, none has been found.

Check the link below for a nice animation of what MIGHT have happened.....

Answer 9

Our moon is large enough, and close enough, to reflect back to earth a lot of light from the sun. The light is visible from the earth. There are many artificial satellites in orbit around earth and much closer to the earth's surface than the moon. Very few of them are easily visible with the naked eye. Most of them are far too tiny, or do not reflect light very well.

Answer 10

you see the moon in the day and night because at night you see it because the sun is behind it shining off so you can see the mooon clearly but during the day the moon doesnt just disappear but u still c it but less because the sun is not behind it