The Moon also has an axis of rotation. So its equator can be defined, which means that latitude is indicated in degrees of latitude north or south of that equator. This relates to the Earth.
The system of latitude and longitude is used to describe the location of points on the surface of the earth. Celestial objects don't have latitude and longitude. There is a similar system defined in the sky. Those coordinates are called Right Ascension and Declination.
The whole latitude/longitude system was invented for the purpose of locating places on the surface of the Earth, and that's all it's good for. Even if you would ask "What is the latitude and longitude of the spot on Earth that Canis Major is directly over ?", the answer to that keeps changing, as the stars move across the sky. It would be like asking for the latitude and longitude of the spot that the sun or the moon is directly over.
An object on the surface of the moon weighs about 1/6 as muchas it weighs on the surface of the Earth.
The intersection of Moon-Clinton Rd. and Stevenson Mill Rd., about a half miledue north of the northernmost runway at Pitt-Intl, is located at40° 30" 31.1' north latitude80° 14" 19.2' west longitude
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun's rays from striking the Moon and a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun. This is a Solar: And this a Lunar:
The system of latitude and longitude is used to describe the location of points on the surface of the earth. Celestial objects don't have latitude and longitude. There is a similar system defined in the sky. Those coordinates are called Right Ascension and Declination.
The whole latitude/longitude system was invented for the purpose of locating places on the surface of the Earth, and that's all it's good for. Even if you would ask "What is the latitude and longitude of the spot on Earth that Canis Major is directly over ?", the answer to that keeps changing, as the stars move across the sky. It would be like asking for the latitude and longitude of the spot that the sun or the moon is directly over.
1. Moon's motion in its axis causes Full Moon and New Moon 2. It also cause Lunar eclipse and Solar Eclipse 3. Moon's orbit around Earth is not perfectly round but is oval or elliptical in shape. As the Moon orbits our planet, it's distance varies from about 221,000 to 252,000 miles. This 13% variation in the Moon's distance makes the Moon's apparent size in our sky vary by the same amount
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Landing site coordinates: 0.647° N latitude, 23.505° E. longitude.
moon's gravity is (1/6)th of the earth's gravity
1/6th the size.
The moon has no air pressure because the moon has no air.
An object on the surface of the moon weighs about 1/6 as muchas it weighs on the surface of the Earth.
On the Earth, the object weighs 6.04 times as much as its weight on the moon.