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The moon is 1/4 the diameter of the Earth
The Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth than the Sun is when there is a full Moon.
Definitely the SUN. If the sun were where the moon is in relation to the earth, the earth would be consumed by the sun.
In rough rounded figures . . . -- The moon's diameter is 27.3% the size of the Earth's diameter. -- That makes the moon's surface area 7.5% the size of Earth's surface area. -- And it makes the moon's volume 2% the size of the Earth's volume. -- The moon's mass is 1.23% the size of the Earth's mass. (When we notice that the moon has 2% of Earth's volume but only 1.23% its mass, we realize immediately that the moon's average density is only 60% of the Earth's average density.)
The phase of the moon depends on it position in relation to the earth and the sun. For instance, when the moon is in between the earth and the sun, this is the new of full moon phase.
The moon is 1/4 the diameter of the Earth
The moon revolves around the earth.
The Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth than the Sun is when there is a full Moon.
It is between the Sun and the Earth
In a lunar eclipse, the Sun, Earth and Moon are lined up so precisely that the Moon is in the Earth's shadow. Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earth - Moon
Definitely the SUN. If the sun were where the moon is in relation to the earth, the earth would be consumed by the sun.
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.
Size: The Moon has about 1/4 of the diameter of Earth. Mass: The Moon has about 1/81 of the mass of Earth.
At the "new" moon, the moon is between the Earth and the Sun. When it is on a direct line between the Earth and Sun, that new moon becomes a solar eclipse.
they both have a rocky surface
Moon = 1/4 of Earth
The moon is about 1/4th the size of the Earth.