point E is when it clears from a whole moon to a half moon.
29.531 days (rounded)
Viewed from a point on the earth's orbit but very distant from earth,the lineup would look like this at the time of Full Moon:Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earth . . Moon
I learned this in science class- it takes 29 1/2 days for the moon to go from new moon to the next new moon.
The complete cycle of the moon's 'phases' ... the time to go from any shapeto the next appearance of the same shape ... averages 29.531 days.
If the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, it is not a phase, at all . . . it is a solar eclipse.
On the average: 29days 12hours45minutes (rounded)
29.531 days (rounded)
On the average: 29days 12hours45minutes (rounded)
Phases, a phase depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces.
Exactly the same as the ones we see the Moon go through from Earth, except that Earth does not always turn the same face to the Moon.
Viewed from a point on the earth's orbit but very distant from earth,the lineup would look like this at the time of Full Moon:Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earth . . Moon
It doesn't
I learned this in science class- it takes 29 1/2 days for the moon to go from new moon to the next new moon.
New Moon Phase
New Moon Phase
In the new Moon phase.
The crescent Moon implies a gibbous Earth, as seen from the Moon.