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There is no part of the moon that gets 'mostly' night time. The entire moon has a diurnal period, just like earth. If you are anywhere on the moon relatively close to its equator, earth side or far side, you will experience a month long period which is about half sunlit and about half night time. Variations will happen nearer the poles, as on earth.
If you are on the far side, you will never have the sun blocked by the earth as it is during what we call a lunar eclipse.
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Explain what causes us to see the different phases of the moon Include in your explanation a reference to the motion of the moon involved the relationship of the earth's and moon's plane of orbit a?
What you can see of the moon is the light of the sun on the moon. The part that is dark is where the sun's light is not shining on the moon. The part where the light of the sun is on the moon is experiencing "moon day" and where it is not shining is the "moon night." When the moon is in part of its orbit that is between the earth and the sun, we mostly see the part of the moon which is dark. Since the moon is on the sun's side of the earth, we see it during the day. So a New Moon can always be seen during the day. Conversely, when the moon is in the part of its orbit in which the earth is between the moon and the sun, we mostly see the part of the moon which is in sunshine. We mostly see the moon at night, and a Full Moon can always be seen during the night. It is important to note that the dark part of the moon is not the earth's shadow on the moon. The earth's shadow falls on the moon occurs during a lunar eclipse, which is always during a full moon because the earth is between the sun and the moon and always seen at night.
Why does the moon seem to change shape from night to night?
What changes is the part of the Moon that is illuminated. We see the illuminated part of the Moon better than the dark part.
What is it called when the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting smaller?
The moon is said to be waning, when the lighted part gets smaller. When it gets larger, the moon is waxing.
How does a phase differ from an eclipse?
It's a matter of perspective. When the Sun sets and it becomes dark, we don't call this an "eclipse", but it is similar; we're in the shadow of the Earth, the Earth's mass is blocking the Sun's light from getting to us. We call it "night". When the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, we call it a "lunar eclipse", but it's really the same thing as "night on Earth, on the Moon". Just as we have days and nights on the Earth, there are days and nights on the Moon. We don't live on the Moon (yet), so perhaps it isn't so obvious, but half of the Moon are having "daytime" and the other half is having "night". When we look at the Moon, we see that the bright part of the Moon (the part that's easy to see) is having daytime. If you look carefully, you can see the "night" part of the Moon as well; of course, it's night there, so it's dark. And since there are no electric lights or fires on the Moon, the only light the Moon gets at night is reflected Earthlight.
What are the release dates for Moon Dreamers - 1986 The Night Mare Part 1 1-15?
Moon Dreamers - 1986 The Night Mare Part 1 1-15 was released on: USA: 1986
What are the release dates for Moon Dreamers - 1986 The Night Mare Part 2 1-16?
Moon Dreamers - 1986 The Night Mare Part 2 1-16 was released on: USA: 1986
How come you can sometimes see the whole moon other times you can only see part of the moon?
The answer is simple, the moon spins around the earth and gets sunlight too that's why you see it at night when its with the stars. You can't see it in the daytime because if its facing the Sun the light is on the other side.
What does the term new moon mean?
The time of the monthly lunar cycle when no part of the moon can be seen in the sky at night.
Why is the moon visible so late at night?
Because when the earth turns part of the time the earth is facing the sun and another part of the earth is facing the moon at a part of time.
Why does moon change shape in simple words?
The moon of course isn't really changing shape. It's all about the sun. The lit part of the moon you see is the part of the moon in daylight. The shadowed part is experiencing the moon's night time. These normal phases of the moon have nothing to do with earth casting a shadow on the moon.
How do we get day and night?
We get day and night because, the Earth spins on it's axis around the sun, when the part of the Earth you live in is facing the sun it is day to you. The Moon orbits the earth, for the moon to orbit the Earth once it takes 28 days, when the Moon is facing the part of the Earth you live on it is night to you. Hope this helped x
Does the moon stay at the same part of sky every night?
No. The moon Is constantly revolving around the Earth, which is revolving the Sun.
