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Moon is 250,000 miles away.
Sun is 93,000,000 miles away.
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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.
Which is the correct position from the center of the solar system of the sun earth and moon during a lunar eclipse?
Earth ---> Moon ---> SUN.
What is the correct order during a lunar eclipse?
during a lunar eclipse, earth, sun and moon are in a straight line, First it's the sun, then earth, and last the moon.
Which phase of the Moon occurs when Earth the Moon and the Sun lie on the same line?
When the moon is the one in the 'middle' . . . New Moon. When the Earth is the one in the middle . . . . Full Moon. (The Sun can never be the one in the middle.)
Is the moon always dark on one side?
No. The Moon is orbiting the Earth, but is illuminated by the Sun. About half of the Moon's total surface is illuminated by the Sun at any one time. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the same side always faces the Earth. The phases of the Moon represent the part of that face that is lighted on that particular day. We cannot see the far side of the Moon, but it will have the remaining part of the illuminated one-half.
What is the order of the earth moon and sun when the moon is a full moon?
The sun is in the center of our solar system, then come the planets Mercury, Venus and then Earth. Since the moon circles the Earth sometimes the moon is between the sun and the Earth and sometimes the Earth is between the sun and the moon.
Is the sun or the moon furthest from earth?
The Moon is farther from the Sun, roughly the same average distance from the Sun as the Earth. The Sun is nearly 400 times farther from the Earth and Moon (150 million kilometers) than the Moon is from the Earth (about 384,000 kilometers).The center of the Earth is around 240 thousand miles away from the center of the Moon. The earth is around 93 millionmiles away from the sun. Therefore, the Moon is much, much farther away from the Sun than it is from the Earth.
Does the Moon go round the Sun?
The moon rotates around the Earth, and as it does so the Earth is rotating around the sun. So yes, along with the Earth the moon does go around the sun.
How far is earth from the sun AU?
The Earth is one AU from the Sun.
Why do you see different phases of the moon if the same side is always facing the earth?
The phases of the moon are the result of the ever-changing positions of the Earth, moon, and sun relative to one another. When the moon and the sun are on opposite sides of the earth (whereby the sun, earth, and moon form a straight line), a full moon occurs. When the moon and sun are on the same side of the earth (whereby the sun,moon, and earth form a straight line), a new moon occurs.
How many years does it take for the moon to go around the sun?
The moon goes around the earth. The earth goes around the sun in a year. So, for purposes of astronomy, the earth and moon are one unit going around the sun. Therefore the moon goes around the sun in one year.
Which one is nearer moon or sun?
The sun is about 390 times farther from earth than the moon is.
