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Since Earth has about 4 times the diameter of the Moon, the angular diameter of Earth, as seen from the Moon, is about 4 times larger than the angular diameter of the Moon, as seen from Earth. Since the Moon's angular diameter as seen from here is about half a degree, that would make Earth's angular diameter about 2 degrees.If you wish, you can look up more exact figures and do more precise calculations, but it is hardly worth the trouble, since there is some variation in the distance from Earth to Moon anyway.
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Is the phase of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from earth?
Not exactly. The lighted side of the moon as seen from Earth is that part that is not shadowed by the Earth.
What is the map of the stars as seen from the moon?
There's only one difference between the sky seen from the Earth and the sky seen from the moon. The sky seen from the Earth has a moon in it, and the sky seen from the moon has an Earth in it. Other than that, exactly the same objects in the same patterns are seen from both places.
What are the changing veiw of the moon seen from the earth?
moon phases
What Can only occur when the moon is new and has angular size larger than the sun in the sky?
A TOTAL SOLAR Eclipse. Sometimes the Moon is further away from Earth, and at NEW Moon you may see an ANNULAR SOLAR Eclipse. This is were a ring of sunlight is seen around the black disc of the New Moon.
Which is the moon phase that no ne of the lighted surface of the moon can be seen from earth?
New moon.
Do the sun and moon have the same angular diameter?
It is true that as seen fro the earth the sun and the moon have roughly the same angular diameter. It is for that reason that total solar eclipses are so spectacular.
Do planets with moons have eclipses as often as earth?
Planets with moons may indeed have Earth-like eclipses. Eclipses happen when moon orbital plane intersects with planet orbital plane with respect to its star. Eclipses can only happen however if angular diameter of the moon is similar to (or greater than) angular diameter of star as seen from planet's surface, which is quite a rare condition. In the whole Solar System moon-eclipses only happen on Earth.
Why does the angular diameter of the sun as seen from earth appear to be greater during our winter than summer?
earth is closer to the Sun during our winter
Why does the Earth appears almost as small from the Moon as the Moon does from the Earth?
I dont think so; Earth would appear to be bigger from moon compared to what Moon appears to be from Earth The earth's diameter is 3.67 times the moon's diameter. As seen from the moon, the earth appears 3.67 times as large in the sky as the moon appears from earth.
What is earths campanion?
That is sometimes what the Moon is called. Seen from Venus the Earth and Moon would be seen as a pair of bright planets up to 0.5 degrees apart at opposition, which is the diameter of the Moon as seen from Earth.
Why is the moon not seen from the earth?
The moon is seen from the Earth...
What can be seen from earth's orbit other than the moon?
The moon's phases can be seen from the earth, but not by an observer on the moon. Similarly, the earth's phases can be seen from the moon, but not by an observer on the earth.
What moons can be seen from earth?
Only our moon ("The Moon") can be seen from Earth.
What does the degree of magnification of a telescope?
The magnification indicates how much bigger something will be seen. For example, with the naked eye, the Moon has an angular diameter of half a degree; with a 40x magnification, it will look like it has 20 degrees.
The greatest distance above or below the ecliptic the moon can move is?
The Moon's orbit is tilted by a maximum of 5.2º to the ecliptic, so that's the greatest angular distance above or below it, as seen from the center of the Earth.
Why can the Moon be seen from Earth because of sunlight?
It is not because of sunlight that the Moon can be seen from Earth. It has everything to do with the location of the Earth and Moon, and the properties of reflected light.
Is the phase of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from earth?
Not exactly. The lighted side of the moon as seen from Earth is that part that is not shadowed by the Earth.
