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Is the moon a third of earth?
No. The moon is the same size as the earth. We just see it the way we so because of the distance between them.
Why can people on earth see the moon so well?
We can't always.... when it's the New Moon (the moon is between us and the Sun), we can't see it at all. However, as the moon orbits Earth, we can see it in the day or night sky. We see it well THEN, because it's only about 235,000 miles from Earth and 1/4 of Earth's size - about the size of Africa.
Will Mars be the largest in Aug 2009 that you will see in a lifetime?
No, it is a hoax. Google "Mars size of moon".
Is the moon about twice the size of earth?
No. The moon is about one-fourth the diameter and has about 2% of the mass as that of the Earth. See the related link for more information.
Which is biggest between Sun Moon and Earth?
In order of size from largest to smallest Sun > Earth > Moon. If we quote the radius of these objects. Sun ; 695,700 km Earth ; 6,365 km Moon ; 1,736 km From these figures you can see that the Sun is over 100 times bigger than the Earth, and the Earth is nearly 4 times greater than the Moon. The reason why the Sun and Moon appear to the same size is because the Moon is much nearer to the Earth , than the Sun. It is a property of optics that the further away an object is, then the smaller it appears. From the Earth;- Sun's distance is ~92,000,000 miles Moon's distance is ~242,000 miles. From the above radii you can calculate the volume of each object. By using the Gravitational Constant the masses of these objects can be calculated.
What earth phase do you see when you see a waxing gibbous phase on the moon?
It would be the opposite. If we went to the moon when it was full, we would look back at an earth in shadow (a `new earth`) If we went to the moon when it was new, then it would be between us and the sun, so we would look back at a full earth. For a waxing gibbous from earth, the earth would be a waning crescent from the moon.
What Is Jupiter Thirde Largest moons?
In terms of size and mass, Io [See related link] is Jupiter's third largest Moon.
Does the international space station see the earth's moon?
As it orbits the Earth there are times it can see the moon and there are times when it is on the opposite side of the Earth to the moon, so it can't see it.
If the moon were larger would you still see the moon phases?
Yes, you would still see the moon phases because they are caused by the changing angles of sunlight hitting the surface of the moon as it orbits Earth. The size of the moon does not affect the appearance of these phases.
What changes of the moon do you see from Earth?
The phases of the moon as it orbits the earth
Why can we see the moon and why on a boat can't we see the land 2 miles offshore?
You can not see land 2 miles off shore because of the curvature of the earth. As for the moon....it is roughly a sixth of the size of the earth and sitting way up in space kinda hard to miss it.
When the earth is between the sun and moon what do we see?
We see a crescent moon.
