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The answer is different depending on who you ask. Some astronomer say the moon moves about one centimeter away from Earth each year. Others say about an inch to an inch and a half.

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How much does the moon move away from earth each year?

The moon moves away from Earth at a rate of approximately 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) per year due to tidal forces. This gradual drift is caused by the transfer of Earth's rotational energy to the moon's orbital motion.


What do you see when the Moon moves away from between the Sun and Earth?

When the Moon moves away from between the Sun and Earth, a solar eclipse ends, and the full brightness of the Sun is no longer obscured. The Moon's movement allows sunlight to be fully visible again from Earth, ending the eclipse phenomenon.


When will the moon drift away from the earth?

The moon is already drifting away from Earth. The other plants, and the sun, are pulling it closer to them. The moon moves a little less then a centimeter a year, but it is moving further away. Sooner than later, we might be moonless!


What would happen if the moon slowly moved away from earth?

The moon does slowly move away from earth at an estimated two inches every year, it is a possibility that (if you believe in the apocalypse) the cause for the fall of Earth is the moon losing its orbit with earth and drifting away.


What is the distance between the Earth and the moon in m?

The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. 1km=1000m so 384,403,000m. Or it's 238,857milesYes, it does, and it is moving away slightly from each other. The moon moves away a few inches a year. Probably four inches.382260 Km240,000 miles238,000 miles on the average

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How much does the moon move away from earth each year?

The moon moves away from Earth at a rate of approximately 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) per year due to tidal forces. This gradual drift is caused by the transfer of Earth's rotational energy to the moon's orbital motion.


Will the moon stay forever?

Unfortunately, our moon, Luna, isn't staying forever. Each year, the moon moves further away from the Earth 3 cm. every year.


As the Moon moves away from its position on the side of Earth away from the Sun?

This is not a question, but an incomplete sentence.


What would happen if the moon orbited earth in one day?

Techincally speaking that would never happen. The moon would have to be VERY close to the Earth. The moon moves away from the earth 1.75 inches away from the earth each year, making the hours of the day longer. If the moon did orbit the earth in one day, this would happen around the time period the moon formed in space.


What do you see when the Moon moves away from between the Sun and Earth?

When the Moon moves away from between the Sun and Earth, a solar eclipse ends, and the full brightness of the Sun is no longer obscured. The Moon's movement allows sunlight to be fully visible again from Earth, ending the eclipse phenomenon.


When will the moon drift away from the earth?

The moon is already drifting away from Earth. The other plants, and the sun, are pulling it closer to them. The moon moves a little less then a centimeter a year, but it is moving further away. Sooner than later, we might be moonless!


Why do the moon go around the earth?

It's stuck in the Earth gravitaional pull.Another answer:Because the Earth has a gravitational pull on the moon. Actually, the Earth and moon revolve around each other common center of gravity. Without the Earth in it's way the moon would just head off in a straight line. Instead, as the moon tries to move away, the Earth does two remarkable things. One, it pulls the moon towards Earth, and two, the Earth moves out of the moon's way.


When the shadow of the earth falls on the moon you experience a?

New moon. No, no, no. It is an eclipse of the moon. ( A new moon is when the illuminated face of the moon faces away from the earth, and as it moves around in its orbit you catch a glimpse of a tiny arc of its illuminated surface).


What does the moon appear to be doing as it moves away from its position between the sun and the earth?

It is waxing until it reaches Full Moon and then it wanes again.


How many inches does the moon move away from the earth each year?

The moon is moving away from the Earth at a rate of about 3.8 centimetres - or 1.5 inches - per year.


How do the moon earth and sun moves?

Earth moves because the of sun's gravitation pull. Same applies to the Moon.


When the sun earth and moon are lined up such that the full moon moves into earth's shadow?

When the Sun, Earth and Moon are lined up in such a way that the full moon moves into the Earth's shadow, it creates a lunar eclipse.