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Depends on the speed. At the speed of light, it takes a little over a second.
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How far in light years is the moon from the earth?
The average distance to the Moon is 384,399 kilometres = 4.06318742 × 10-8 light years (Note the minus) The moon is only a tiny fraction of one light year from earth. It takes light from the sun eight minutes to reach earth, and the moon is much closer to earth than the sun. Measuring such a small distance in light years is possible but impractical. ======================================= The moon is roughly 1.27 light seconds from the earth. (rounded) 1.27 light seconds is the same as 0.0000000406 light year. (rounded)
How far away is Ankaa star from Earth?
Ananke is a moon of Jupiter, and like the Earth, all orbit the Sun, and so the distance varies.
How far is the moon from the earth show the math?
There is no math to "show". The moon's distance from earth varies, but the average distance of the moon form earth is about 236,000 miles (378,000 Kilometers).
Is the moon at apogee near or far from the earth?
Its far, apo means up/away
Radioisotope dating of moon rocks showed that the age of the oldest lunar rock was closest to how many years old?
Rocks from the moon have been dated to about 4.5 billion years old. The oldest earth rocks don't date that far back because the earth "reprocesses" rock, and the oldest rocks we know of on earth date back to about 3.7 to 3.8 billion years. The earth and moon formed at approximately the same time, as did the rest of the solar system.
How far the moon from Earth in light years?
The distance to the moon is about 1.3 light seconds or about 0.000000032 light years.
What is bigger the moon or the earth?
Earth, by far.
How far is Uranus from the moon?
For all practical purposesUranus is just as far from Earth's moon as it is from the Earth.
How far will the moon have receded from the earth in 1000 years?
It seems that the Moon recedes from Earth at a rate of 38 mm a year. That makes it 38,000 mm in 1000 years. That's 38 meters.
Why does the moon looks smaller from the earth?
because the earth is far from the moon
How far will the moon move away from the earth in 1000000 years?
The moon is drifting away from earth at a rate of about 38 millimeters per year. So in 1 million years, the moon will have drifted another 38 kilometers or abour 24 miles further from Earth.
How far could you see if you were on the moon?
Like on Earth you can see millions of light years into space.
What do the distances of the the moon to the earth and the sun to the earth mean?
"Distance" means how far two object are from one another. In this case, how far the Moon is from Earth, or how far the Sun is from Earth.
Why is it that the earth is not affected by the Moon's gravity?
Earth is affected by the moon's gravity. The moon's gravity exerts just as much force on Earth as Earth's gravity does on the moon, but since Earth is far more massive, it undergoes far less acceleration.
How far does the moon move away from the Earth in on year?
About 1 second away every 50,000 years
Why can you not stand on earth and see the far side of the moon?
The Moon is tidally locked to Earth; the Moon's "day" and the Moon's month are the same length. So the "near side" of the Moon always faces the Earth, and the "far side" always faces away from Earth.
Why is the moon slower than the earth?
Now, stop and think about that question for a minute. If the moon was slower than the Earth, wouldn't it be really far behind us after 4 billion years?
