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The angle between any two points is a straight line, or 180 degrees.
I suspect what you meant to ask was what the Sun-Earth-Moon angle was at that time. If so, the answer is (pretty close to) 180 degrees. If it's exactly 180 degrees, then there will be a lunar eclipse.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoEarth and the moon orbit on different planes. Earth orbits the sun on the ecliptic and the moon orbits earth about 5 degrees off the ecliptic. Earth is tilted about 23 degrees off of its orbital plane. The moon is tilted about six degrees from its plane. Any comparison of their axial tilt would change constantly as the moon moves throughout its orbit.
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∙ 12y agoFirst off, you stated your question incorrectly. You could have stated it better in two ways: How long does it take the moon to revolve around us or How long does it take for the Moon to rotate on its axis. But they are both 27.3 Earth days to complete, and since they go at the same pace, that is why we always see the same side of the moon from Earth.
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∙ 11y agoNew Moon . . . . . all lined up, with the moon in the middle
Crescent . . . . . acute angle, Earth at the vertex
First Quarter,
Third Quarter . . . right angle, Earth at the vertex
Gibbous . . . . . obtuse angle, Earth at the vertex
Full Moon . . . . . all lined up, with Earth in the middle
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∙ 15y agoIt varies. Generally, Moon's Orbit (plane of revolution) around Earth is inclined by 5 degrees to the Earth's Orbit (plane of revolution) around Sun
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∙ 14y agoThe orbit of the moon has only a small inclination against the ecliptic plane (5.5°).
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∙ 14y agoThe angle of inclination made between horizon and moon is called angle of inclination of the moon to the earth.
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∙ 12y agoThe angular momentum of the Moon increases with the square root of the distance. It is the angular momentum of the earth-moon system that remains constant.
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∙ 12y agoThe moon's tilt is 5 degrees.
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How much does the Earth rotate in six hours?
in average speed it has to be around 648000km
How much moons are there around earth?
The earth only has one moon
Does a comet rotate around the sun or earth?
Fasten your seat-belt: The Earth and Moon both orbit their common center of mass ... the place where the pivot would have to be if the Earth and Moon were on opposite ends of a see-saw. Since the Earth has roughly 80 times as much mass as the Moon has, the pivot has to be 80 times as far from the center of the Moon as it is from the center of the Earth, which means that the point they're both orbiting is actually inside the Earth. That's why it looks like the Moon is orbiting the Earth ... the Moon is making this tremendous trip around the common center and the Earth is barely wiggling. You heard it here first.
What can determine moon phase?
The position of the earth and moon on their orbit around the sun, determines how much and what area of the moon is lit by sunlight. The moon's phases are what we can view from the earth.
How much does earth in one hours?
How much does earth rotate in one hour
What is the alignment of the sunearthand moon?
All three rotate around a common center of gravity. Since the sun is so big, the common center is within it, so we can say that the Earth - Moon pair rotates around the sun. Since the Earth is so much larger than the moon, the same is true and you can say that the moon rotates around the Earth. But note that the moon never goes "backward", both Earth and the Moon follow a wavy path around the sun.
Does the moon orbit the earth or the earth orbit the moon?
The Moon orbits the Earth, but technically, the Moon and Earth orbit each other, around their center of mass. Due to the Moon's size, the Moon-Earth system is sometimes called a "binary planet" system.A little bit of both. Earth is much more massive than the Moon so the Moon mostly goes around Earth, but the Moon does still tug Earth around somewhat.The Moon helps with the Earth's tides.In more scientific language, the Earth and Moon both rotate around their common centre of mass, called the barycentre.This is actually inside the planet Earth. So, although it's not strictly correct, it'spretty accurate to say that the Moon orbits the Earth.
Why does a person n earth always sees the same side of the moon?
The Moon rotates in such a way that it always shows us the same side - it takes 27 days to go once around the Earth, and 27 days to rotate around its own axis. The reason for this is that the Moon's rotation, which was probably much faster initially, slowed down, through tidal forces from the Earth - just as the Earth's rotation is currently slowing down, due to tidal forces from the Moon. Many moons in the Solar System have this bound rotation - they rotate once every time they go around their planet.
How much does the Earth rotate in six hours?
in average speed it has to be around 648000km
How much does earth rotate in six hours?
in average speed it has to be around 648000km
Why the moon changes through a cycle each month?
The moon does not change (much). What an observer on Earth sees changes as the Moon orbits the Earth and the Earth/Moon system orbits the Sun much more slowly is the illuminated portion of the moon growing (covering more and more of the visible portion of the Moon) and when the Moon is full, the Sun Earth and Moon are more or less in line (if they were exactly in line it would be a lunar eclipse - which does happen a few times each year). Then as the Moon continues to rotate around the Earth, night after night, less and less of the illuminated portion is visible to the observer on Earth.
Does the sun move in an elliptical orbit or does the moon?
Both the Earth and the Moon move in the universe. Earth and Moon actually orbit their common center of mass. Together, the Earth and the Moon orbit the Sun, which itself is moving in the universe.
How much moons are there around earth?
The earth only has one moon
Why the moon orbits around earth not the sun?
Because the moon is much, much closer to the earth, so the earths immediate gravity has more of an effect on the moon. But the moon-earth "package" together both orbit the sun.
Does a comet rotate around the sun or earth?
Fasten your seat-belt: The Earth and Moon both orbit their common center of mass ... the place where the pivot would have to be if the Earth and Moon were on opposite ends of a see-saw. Since the Earth has roughly 80 times as much mass as the Moon has, the pivot has to be 80 times as far from the center of the Moon as it is from the center of the Earth, which means that the point they're both orbiting is actually inside the Earth. That's why it looks like the Moon is orbiting the Earth ... the Moon is making this tremendous trip around the common center and the Earth is barely wiggling. You heard it here first.
Why do the moon go around the earth instead of the earth going around the moon?
-- The earth and moon both orbit their "common center of mass" ... the point between them where the pivot of the see-saw would have to be in order for them to balance each other. -- Since the earth's mass is about 80 times as much as the moon's mass, that point has to be 80 times farther from the center of the moon than it is from the center of the earth. -- The result is that their "common center of mass" is actually inside the earth. So if you're watching the pair from the outside and you're not measuring too closely, you'd swear that the moon is going around the earth, and you wouldn't notice that the earth is also slightly wiggling. -- By the way ... People often ask "Does the moon orbit the sun or the earth ?" That "common center of mass" of the earth-moon pair is actually the thing that's in orbit around the sun, while the earth and moon are both orbiting it.
What can determine moon phase?
The position of the earth and moon on their orbit around the sun, determines how much and what area of the moon is lit by sunlight. The moon's phases are what we can view from the earth.
