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Why surface of moon is very hot during day and very cold at night?
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∙ 12y ago
The moon has no atmosphere. During the day, the sun beats down on it mercilessly - not "tamed" or "softened" by a layer of atmosphere. During the lunar night, the heat rapidly escapes into space, plunging the lunar surface several hundred degrees below zero. The moon's weather would be earth's weather too - except for our atmosphere.
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Why does the moon get so hot during the day and so cold at night?
During the day the sun is out and shines on the moon, but at night the sun goes down, therefore the moon is dark when the sun is down.
Why is the moon hot during the day and so cold at night?
During the day, the surface temperature averages 107°C, and during the lunar night, it averages -153°C. How is the moon going to be hot during the DAY, if the moon comes out at night? Since the Moon and the Earth are approximately the same distance from the Sun, they receive sunlight of the same strength. So the temperature of the Earth and the Moon should be the same. It is the Moon's lack of atmosphere that creates such extreme temperatures. The Moon doesn't have an atmosphere to absorb sunlight like the Earth does, and so the surface gets very hot. The Moon's lack of atmosphere also lets heat escape during lunar nights so that it gets rather chilly on the surface!
What is the surface temp on the moon during the day what was it during at night?
idek i just try to answer it to the best of my abilities
Why does the moon get very hot and very cold?
The moon has no atmosphere. Sunlight strikes the mood completely unimpaired or scattered by atmosphere, and hence the surface of the moon is much hotter than boiling water during the day, and a few hundred degrees below zero at night.
Why does the moon get so hot during the day and so cold during night time?
Mostly because it has no atmosphere. When direct sulight hits the surface of the moon, nothing impedes it - and the surface gets very hot, very fast. When that side is turned away from the sun, it is facing the vacuum of space, which is near absolute zero - it gets very cold, very fast. there is no atmosphere to soften the heating, or keep the warmth in, either.
Is the moon to cold for humans?
During the lunar 'night' it is.
What are the moons temperatures?
Temperatures on the moon are very hot in the daytime, about 100 degrees C. At night, the lunar surface gets very cold, as cold as minus 173 degrees C. This wide variation is because Earth's moon has no atmosphere to hold in heat at night or prevent the surface from getting so hot during the day.
Why does the moon get so hot during the day and so cold at night?
During the day the sun is out and shines on the moon, but at night the sun goes down, therefore the moon is dark when the sun is down.
Why is the moon hot during the day and so cold at night?
During the day, the surface temperature averages 107°C, and during the lunar night, it averages -153°C. How is the moon going to be hot during the DAY, if the moon comes out at night? Since the Moon and the Earth are approximately the same distance from the Sun, they receive sunlight of the same strength. So the temperature of the Earth and the Moon should be the same. It is the Moon's lack of atmosphere that creates such extreme temperatures. The Moon doesn't have an atmosphere to absorb sunlight like the Earth does, and so the surface gets very hot. The Moon's lack of atmosphere also lets heat escape during lunar nights so that it gets rather chilly on the surface!
What is the surface temp on the moon during the day what was it during at night?
idek i just try to answer it to the best of my abilities
Why does the moon get so hot in the day and so cold at night?
The moon gets hot during the day because of the sun's rays hitting it. The moon gets cold at night because there is no atmosphere to hold in the heat from the day.
Is the moon hotter then the earth?
the moon has no atmosphere so it does not regulate it's temperature. It gets incredibly hot during the day and incredibly cold during the night.
Why does the moon get very hot and very cold?
The moon has no atmosphere. Sunlight strikes the mood completely unimpaired or scattered by atmosphere, and hence the surface of the moon is much hotter than boiling water during the day, and a few hundred degrees below zero at night.
Why does the moon get so hot during the day and so cold during night time?
Mostly because it has no atmosphere. When direct sulight hits the surface of the moon, nothing impedes it - and the surface gets very hot, very fast. When that side is turned away from the sun, it is facing the vacuum of space, which is near absolute zero - it gets very cold, very fast. there is no atmosphere to soften the heating, or keep the warmth in, either.
Why does the moon get very cold?
During night on the moon, because of the absence of an atmosphere, the temperature on the moon gets very cold as all of the sun's light is radiated out into space - indeed it can get a lot colder than the Earth can ever get.
What does the surface of the moon feel like?
cold.....
Why is the moon cold during the night?
Unlike the Earth, the moon had no atmosphere to trap in the solar heat. This heat dissipates quickly back out into space after sunset.
