Only half the time.
No, our moon is closer to Earth than the Sun is.
well... if you mean that the moon is closer to the sun than the earth, then yes.
No, the phase of the moon is not determined by the Earth's distance to the sun. A full moon occurs when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, which allows sunlight to fully illuminate the side of the moon facing Earth.
Mercury is always closer to the Sun than the moon.
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On the back side, where there is no sun exposure to warm it.
Yes. Due to orbit the sun and moon will have no exact distence measurment. when the sun covers the moon or the moon covers the sun they are in deed closer to each other
* When Earth is at periapsis (closest to the Sun, in January), Earth, and therefore the Moon, are closer to the Sun than when Earth is at apapsis. * On average, at new moon the Moon is closer to the Sun than at full moon, since at full moon the Moon is opposite to the Sun in the sky.
The moon causes larger tides than the sun, even though the sun is much larger than the moon, because the moon is tremendously closer to the Earth than the sun is.
The Sun is always illuminating one side of the Moon and one side of the Earth. When the Earth turns away from the Sun, we can see the sunlight reflecting off the Moon. The reflected light is not as bright, but it's closer. Sometimes you can see the Moon and the Sun at the same time, but the Full Moon cannot rise until after sunset.
The moon is closer to the earth than is the sun.