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What is the phase when you see half the moon or earth?
Half-moon Half-Earth
When you see a half moon what is the position of the Sun?
When you see a half moon, the position of the Sun is either directly to the right or left of the Moon as viewed from Earth. This is because a half moon occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon form a 90-degree angle, with the Sun illuminating half of the side facing Earth.
What is a half moon?
A half moon is a lunar phase where half of the moon's visible surface is illuminated by the sun. This occurs when the moon is positioned at a 90-degree angle relative to the Earth and the sun. Half moons are also known as the first quarter moon or third quarter moon, depending on which side is illuminated.
What blocks the moon when it is half a moon?
The object that blocks the moon when there is a half moon is the moon itself. The moon is a sphere, so only one half of it can be sunlit at any moment. The other half is dark just because the sun is below the horizon for that half of the moon. And when we see a half moon, we are simply looking at the moon just as the line of sunrise/sunset cuts across the moon's diameter.
Does thew moon have water?
No, the moon does not have any water due to the fact that its core is only one-fifth the size of its radius. In contrast, Earth's core is about half the size of the planet's radius. Furthermore, the moon's core is not molten, nor does the moon spin on its axis, it's tidally locked to Earth.
How does the shadow of the earth on the moon have a straight line through it when its half full?
The shadow of the earth never falls on the moon when the moon is half full.
Is mercury or the moon closer to earth's size?
Mercury is larger than the moon and so is closer in size to Earth than the moon is. It should be noted that Mercury is closer in size to the moon than it is to Earth.
What is the current theory for the creation of the moon?
Back when the earth was young and relatively molten, a large object about half the size of the current moon, struck the earth and took a large section of the earth with it. The object combined with the pieces of earth that were broken off and began orbiting the earth. Hence, the moon.
How are the size and mass of the moon different for that of the earth?
Size: The Moon has about 1/4 of the diameter of Earth. Mass: The Moon has about 1/81 of the mass of Earth.
Is the moon a third of earth?
No. The moon is the same size as the earth. We just see it the way we so because of the distance between them.
How is earths moon like earth?
Like the Earth, the Moon is a sphere which is always half illuminated by the Sun, but as the Moon orbits the Earth we get to see more or less of the illuminated half.
Why do the earth and moon appear the same size?
The Earth and Moon appear the same size in the sky when viewed from Earth because the Moon is about 1/4 the size of Earth and is about 1/4 as far away from Earth as the Earth is from the Moon. This alignment creates the illusion that they have the same apparent size.
