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How is the sun the earth and the moon positioned during the first quarter moon?
They are at 'right-angles', with the Earth at the corner of the right angle.
What moon phase occurs when the Sun Earth and Moon form a right triangle and the Moon is moving toward the Sun?
Third quarter moon
What moon phase would a neap tide occur at?
Neap Tide is the tide that occurs when the Sun and Moon are in 'quadrature',or 90 degrees apart in the sky. When things are arranged that way, we seethe Moon at either First Quarter or Third Quarter.
What is the difference in right ascension between the Moon and the Sun when the Moon is at quarter phase?
At First Quarter or Last Quarter, the moon is at 'quadrature', nominally a quarterof the sky away from the sun. So the difference in their right ascensions will beroughly 6hours in both cases.
What phase of the moon would be visible during the highest spring tide?
Spring Tides occur during two phases, full and new moon. This is because the moon earth and sun are aligned during both of these phases. It is opposite during neap tide, in which the moon and sun meet at a right angle on earth, which means the moon during neap tide is at the first or third (last) quarter phase. Hope this helped! :)
How is the sun the earth and the moon positioned during the first quarter moon?
They are at 'right-angles', with the Earth at the corner of the right angle.
What side is the first quarter moon on?
The First Quarter moon is one quarter day behind the sun. So when the sun sets, that particular moon phase is nominally where the sun was at Noon ... due south in the northern hemisphere, due north in the southern hemisphere.
What happens during neap tide?
During the first quarter of the moon the moon and sun appear to be at a 90 degree angle.At this time the sun's tidal influence cancels the moon's. The tide then has a minimum range. I used to call them wimpy tides.
When does the first quarter phase occur?
First Quarter occurs when the moon is at right angles with respect to the Earth and sun. During this phase, the moon has completed one quarter of it's orbit around the Earth and an observer on Earth will see half of the moon illuminated.
The different phases of the moon are caused by?
Actually it is not the rotation of the earth but the orbit of the moon around the earth that causes the phases of the moon. The moon's relationship in it's orbit with regard to the sun is what causes the phases to change. When the moon is between the earth and the sun, it is in a "new moon" phase because the only side of the moon that is lit with sunshine is the far side or the unseen side of the moon. When the earth is between the sun and the moon, the moon is at "full moon" phase. In between these two extremes gives us the 1st quarter and the 3rd quarter phases.
What moon phase occurs when the Sun Earth and Moon form a right triangle and the Moon is moving toward the Sun?
Third quarter moon
Why the Neap Tides occur during the first and third quarter moon?
the gravitation of the moon is greater and the tides can either become bigger or smaller
Why are the tide changes lowest during the quarter moon phases?
Because the gravity of the SUN and the MOON are pulling at 90 degrees to each other and not with each other.
Why does the moon change to a first quarter moon?
The sun reflects on the moon differently when the moon moves around the earth therefore, creating the change to a first quarter moon.
Is only one-quarter of the moon illuminated during the first-quarter moon?
Exactly 50% of the moon is illuminated by the sun at every instant of time (except during a lunar eclipse).From our vantage point on earth, the amount of the illuminated half that we can see at any time changesduring the month."First Quarter" means the first quarter of the moon's entire cycle of phases ... about 7.4 days after the"New Moon". At that time, we see half of the illuminated part of the moon ... you'd call it a "half moon".
What are the phases of the moon and when do they occur?
The phases of the moon are: New moon Waxing crescent Quarter moon Waxing gibbous Full moon Waning gibbous Third-quarter moon Waning crescent
What phases is seen when the moon and sun are 90 degrees apart?
"First Quarter" and "Third Quarter" (Moon half-illuminated.)
