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A complete moon cycle, known as "lunation" is about 29.5 days. It ends up back where it started, which I suppose is one definition of "going all the way around the earth". So the answer is one quarter of 29.5, which is one week and 9 hours.
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Where would the quarter moon be in relation to the earth?
When the moon is in the same direction of the sun, it is called a new moon. A week after the new moon, when the moon has completed about a quarter of it's turn around Earth, this is called the first quarter and about three weeks after the new moon and a week after the full moon, it is called the last quarter. If you visualise the moon turning around the Earth and imagine that the direction of which the sun is shining is called the "front' of the Earth, the the quarter moon would be at the 'sides' of the Earth and the full moon is at the 'back'.
Why does moon appear smaller from earth?
because the moon is one quarter size of the earth.
Why doesn't the moon orbit around the sun like the earth does?
The moon does orbit the sun. The moon orbits round the earth, while both earth and the moon orbits round the sun.
When does the first quarter phase occur?
First Quarter occurs when the moon is at right angles with respect to the Earth and sun. During this phase, the moon has completed one quarter of it's orbit around the Earth and an observer on Earth will see half of the moon illuminated.
How long is one revolution of the moon round the earth?
It is approximately twenty- seven and a third days
How long does it take for the moon to go a quarter round earth?
3 months
Exactly how long does it take for the moon to go round earth?
It takes 28 days for the moon to travel round the earth.
How long does it take light from the earth to the moon?
About a second and a quarter.
How long does it take for the moon to spin round the earth?
About a month
How long for the moon to go round the earth?
About 28 days.
How long has it taken for the moon to travel this far?
as long as the earth's been round!
Does the moon round the sun or the earth?
The moon rotates round the Earth.
Where would the quarter moon be in relation to the earth?
When the moon is in the same direction of the sun, it is called a new moon. A week after the new moon, when the moon has completed about a quarter of it's turn around Earth, this is called the first quarter and about three weeks after the new moon and a week after the full moon, it is called the last quarter. If you visualise the moon turning around the Earth and imagine that the direction of which the sun is shining is called the "front' of the Earth, the the quarter moon would be at the 'sides' of the Earth and the full moon is at the 'back'.
How long does it take the moon to get round the earth?
The moon goes around the earth every 27 days and 8 hours. (approximately)
What are the relative positions of the sunearth and moon when the moon is in the 1st quarter phase?
They form a right-angled triangle with the Moon at the right-angle. The Moon is approximately in the direction that the Earth is headed in, in its orbit round the Sun.
Is a new moon and a quarter moon the same?
No they are not. The moon is round so a half moon would be half of the moon showing while a quarter moon would 1 out of 4 parts of the moon.
How long it takes for the moon to revolve around the sun?
The moon does not orbit the sun independently; it orbits the earth. So the moon orbits the sun in about 365 and a quarter days, just like earth.
