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What is the name of the dividing line between light and shadow across the moon's disk?
The dividing line between light and shadow across the moon's disk is called the terminator. This is the line that separates the illuminated side of the moon from the dark side.
Does the light of the moon cause a physical shadow?
A shadow is caused when there is less light or no light in an area. An object can block the light and thereby cause a shadow. If the light reflecting off the moon is a source of light, objects blocking this light can cause a shadow.
Why does phases of the moon happen if the moon is a full disk?
The moon hasn't got any light of itself, it can only reflect sunlight. When the Earth gets beween the Moon and the Sun, the Earth will cast a shadow on the Moon. Phases of the Moon happens as the Earth's shadow move across the Moon's surface.
What travels across the surface of the earth for an eclipse occurs?
(Answered as "What travels across the surface of the Earth when an eclipse occurs?") The shadow of the Moon travels across the Earth during a Solar Eclipse. (During a Lunar Eclipse, the shadow of the Earth travels across the Moon.)
What causes the shadow which makes the moon change its shape?
The shadow is caused by the earth blocking the path of the light from the sun casting shadow on the moon. When the earth is not in between the sun and the moon then we have a "full moon."
What is it called when the moon shadow travels across part of earth?
The phenomenon of the moon casting its shadow on Earth is called a lunar eclipse. This occurs when the Earth passes in between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Moon to move into Earth's shadow.
Which object's shadow travels across part of earth during a solar eclipse?
During a solar eclipse, it is the shadow of the moon that travels across part of the Earth as it passes between the Earth and the Sun. This creates the phenomenon where the moon blocks the sunlight from reaching the Earth's surface, causing a temporary darkness known as the eclipse.
What determines the phases of the moon?
the position of the moon in relativity to the sun and earth....the angle casts a shadow across the moon
In what direction does the shadow of the moon move across the earth?
The shadow of the moon moves from west to east across the Earth during a solar eclipse. This occurs because the Earth rotates from west to east, causing the shadow created by the moon to travel in that direction as it crosses the surface. As a result, observers in the path of the eclipse see the shadow move across the landscape in the same west-to-east direction.
Why do you get faces of the moon?
The sun reflects light off of the moon and what we see is the shadow of that reflection on the moon.
The phases of the moon are determined by?
the proximity of the earth, moon, and sun. The moon reflects the light of the sun, but it can't do that if it's in the earth's shadow, or partly in the earth's shadow.
What determines the different phases of the moon?
the position of the moon in relativity to the sun and earth....the angle casts a shadow across the moon
