It is because there is less gravitational force on the moon.
The moon's gravity is 1/6 the force of Earth's gravity, so you would weight 1/6 as much on the moon than on the Earth. For example, if you were 120 kg on Earth, you would be 20 kg on the Moon. (120 / 6 = 20)
The mass of the earth is over 80 times the mass of the moon. A massive object will tend to capture less massive objects in its gravitational field.____________But consider this: if the moon happened to be the same general size and mass as earth, which would orbit which? You would observe them each orbiting around an invisible spot half way between them, their 'system' center of gravity otherwise called the 'barycenter'. They would effectively be orbiting around each other. As the moon becomes less massive, what determines the 'cut-off' between orbiting around each other and the smaller orbiting the larger? In fact it is still true that earth and moon are each orbiting their barycenter. Interestingly, the barycenter in this case is within the body of the earth, because the earth is so much more massive than the earth.
The Moon is Waning at this time - growing smaller - light is on the left side and right side is darker each night. Or as stated from another web search "As the moon orbits the Earth, we see the moon in differing amounts of the sun's light. When the moon is farthest from the sun, the side facing Earth is in full sunlight. When it's closest to the sun, the side we see is in full shadow, and is called "New moon." In between those two phases, which are about 2 weeks apart, there's the "Waning moon", which means the sunlit side we see is getting smaller day to day, and then there's the "Waxing moon", which means that the sunlit side we see is getting larger day to day."
Similar:1. Both in Solar System2. Both have gravity3.Both have craters,[moon has more, Earth has less]4. techtonic activity5. both have rocksDifferent:1. Earth is has more mass than the the moon2. Earth has liquid water the moon doesn't3. Footprints on the Earth would be there a few days, but on the moon it could be there millions of years.4. no atmosphere on moon5. moon no oxygen6. earth has metal and moon doesn't They are both satellites. The Moon is a satellite to the Earth. The Earth is a satellite to the Moon.Definition - Satellite - A celestial object that revolves around a primary. Well, for one, both are more or less spherical masses trapped in the sun's gravitational field. For two, the moon is trapped in the earth's gravitational field. For three, man has set foot on both. For four, the terrain of both are well known. For five, eclipses happen between them when either one is between the sun and the other.
Because people eat a lot when they travel on vacation. Just kidding. Because your "weight" is determined by gravity, and gravity varies very slightly over the face of the earth. Nothing you would notice in ordinary experience, but if you doing something like trying to target an intercontinental missile or steer a satellite (where slight miscalculations matter) it would make a difference Think of weight as mass plus gravity. What is mass? If something is floating in space it has no weight but it still has its mass. A 200 pound steel anvil will weigh nothing in space but still have the same mass. It's a weird concept, don't fight it, mass is the stuff something is. Your "weight" is your mass being attracted to the mass of the earth, like two magnets. The more mass you have (the bigger you are) the more gravity. This is why you one sixth on the moon, because the moon only has one sixth the mass of the earth. One more concept: the closer two masses are to each other the stronger the gravitational attraction. So as you get away from the earth it's gravity becomes weaker and weaker until you are weightless in space. For a reference point they measure distance from the center of the earth (as in Journey to The Center of the Earth). HERE IS YOUR ANSWER: The earth is not perfectly round, it is slightly egg-shaped, wider at the equator as it spins. The farther you are from the center of the earth the less gravity, the less you weigh. So if you are on a high mountain or at the equator you will weigh a teeny bit less. Your mass stays the same though.
Objects weigh less on the moon than on Earth because the moon has less mass and gravity. The gravitational force on the moon is only about 1/6th that of Earth's, so objects weigh less due to the weaker gravitational pull.
Yes they do because the gravity is less the moon. But on earth so you are likely to have a smaller mass on the moon then on earth. But in a way you feel lighter you are still the same weight on earth then on the moon
because the moon's mass is about one-sixth that of the Earth
Gravity is weaker on the moon than on Earth, meaning objects weigh less there.
Objects weigh less on the moon because it has less gravity compared to Earth. The gravitational pull of the moon is about one-sixth that of Earth, so objects on the moon experience less force pulling them down, resulting in lower weight.
Astronauts weigh less on the Moon than on Earth because the Moon has less mass and gravity than Earth. The gravitational force on the Moon is about 1/6th that of Earth, so objects (including astronauts) weigh less on the Moon due to this weaker gravity.
Yes, that is exactly what makes you weigh less on Earth then on the Moon, though your mass hasn't changed, your apparent weight does.
Yes, on the Moon everything weighs 1/6th the weight on Earth.
Men weigh less on the moon because the moon's gravitational pull is weaker than Earth's. The gravitational force depends on the mass of the celestial body, so with the moon being smaller than Earth, there is less gravitational force pulling objects towards its surface.
The gravity on the moon is about 1/6th of the gravity on Earth. This means that objects weigh much less on the moon compared to Earth.
No. An object weighs less on the moon than on Earth. This is because the gravity on the moon is much less than that of Earth, so there is less of a force pulling down on an object.
An astronaut would weigh more on Earth than on the moon due to the stronger gravitational pull of Earth. The gravitational force on the moon is about one-sixth that of Earth, so objects weigh less on the moon than on Earth.