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The apparent wobbling by the Moon is called "libration"; you can find more information, for example, in the Wikipedia article on "Libration". The Moon doesn't really wobble; rather, from Earth we sometimes see different parts of the Moon, because (a) sometimes we see it more from the north, sometimes more from the south (since the Moon's axis is not exactly perpendicular to its orbit around Earth), and (b) since the Moon's orbit isn't exactly circular, but it rotates at a constant angular speed, as a result we sometimes see a bit more of the Moon's east side, and sometimes more of its western side. In total, we can see about 59% of the Moon's surface from Earth (at different times).

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How would the action of jumping up and down on the surface of the moon be different from jumping up and down on the surface of Earth?

Jumping on the moon would feel lighter because the moon's gravity is much weaker than Earth's. Your jumps would be higher and take longer to come back down. Additionally, you would experience a slower descent due to the weaker gravitational pull.


Why does the moon appear to wobble as it completes its cycle?

"Appear" to wobble is an important part of the idea. This is an apparent motion of the moon and not a true motion. It is called east-west libration (from Libra, the scale). It happens because of the combination of these essential facts:The moon's orbit around the earth is an ellipse and not a circle.Objects in elliptical orbits move in their orbital paths more quickly when they are closer to the objects they are orbiting, and less quickly when they are farther away. The moon's maximum orbital velocity happens when the moon is at perigee (closest to earth).The rate of the moon's rotation (turning on its axis) is for our purposes a constant velocity.The moon is tidally locked with earth, meaning that it rotates exactly once during every sidereal [absolute] orbit around earth. This is why the same face of the moon, for the most part, is always oriented toward earth.Now if you view the moon from the earth in a time lapsed version of the moon's orbit, something interesting happens. When the moon is getting nearer and nearer to perigee, it picks up speed in its orbit. But its rotational speed is almost exactly constant. So the moon moves in its orbit 'ahead' of its rotation, in a sense. We get a glimpse of the leading edge, or limb, of the moon. Then, when it is past perigee and starting to slow down in its orbit, its rotational speed moves ahead of its orbital speed, and we get a glimpse of the trailing edge or limb of the moon. Observing this with software, you can see the obvious apparent wobble of the moon. There is also north-south libration which happens for different reasons.


Why does the moon seem to go down when the sun comes up?

The moon appears to "go down" when the sun comes up because its position in the sky is influenced by the rotation of the Earth. The moon orbits the Earth just like the Earth orbits the sun, so as Earth rotates, it seems like the moon moves across the sky. When the sun rises, the moon's position in the sky is lower as it follows its own orbit.


Is the tides caused by the moon?

Yes, The moon's gravity pulls the water up and pushes it back down, making what we know as Tides.Yes


What is a setting moon called?

Sun rise because as the moon goes down the sun comes up think about it

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What goes up as it comes down?

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Why does the moon appear to wobble as it completes its cycle?

"Appear" to wobble is an important part of the idea. This is an apparent motion of the moon and not a true motion. It is called east-west libration (from Libra, the scale). It happens because of the combination of these essential facts:The moon's orbit around the earth is an ellipse and not a circle.Objects in elliptical orbits move in their orbital paths more quickly when they are closer to the objects they are orbiting, and less quickly when they are farther away. The moon's maximum orbital velocity happens when the moon is at perigee (closest to earth).The rate of the moon's rotation (turning on its axis) is for our purposes a constant velocity.The moon is tidally locked with earth, meaning that it rotates exactly once during every sidereal [absolute] orbit around earth. This is why the same face of the moon, for the most part, is always oriented toward earth.Now if you view the moon from the earth in a time lapsed version of the moon's orbit, something interesting happens. When the moon is getting nearer and nearer to perigee, it picks up speed in its orbit. But its rotational speed is almost exactly constant. So the moon moves in its orbit 'ahead' of its rotation, in a sense. We get a glimpse of the leading edge, or limb, of the moon. Then, when it is past perigee and starting to slow down in its orbit, its rotational speed moves ahead of its orbital speed, and we get a glimpse of the trailing edge or limb of the moon. Observing this with software, you can see the obvious apparent wobble of the moon. There is also north-south libration which happens for different reasons.


Why do way less on the moon?

There are two reasons we way less on the moon; 1.)Since there is not much of an atmosphere up there, there are not hundreds of pounds pushing down on us. 2.)Another reason is since earth is bigger than the moon, Earth pulls us towards itself much more than a smaller object such as the moon would


Do we always see the same side of the Moon facing us?

Yes, but not exactly. There are slight variations in angle caused by "libration" that cause the moon to appear to wobble back and forth and up and down during the course of any given month. So in reality we are able to see slightly more than 50% of the moon's surface (but, of course, we can see only 50% of it during any given full moon). We would have to observe the moon over a period of roughly 15 years in order to "see" every part exposed by this libration process.


What are then different Temperatures on the Moon?

The day side of the moon can get up to 123 degrees Celsius, the night side of the moon can get down to -233 Celsius.


Why do you have the wobble words to copy and type in when you are regestering something?

Websites do not want bots to sign up to their site, and bots cannot read the wobble words. (AKA CAPTCHA)


Why does the moon seem to go down when the sun comes up?

The moon appears to "go down" when the sun comes up because its position in the sky is influenced by the rotation of the Earth. The moon orbits the Earth just like the Earth orbits the sun, so as Earth rotates, it seems like the moon moves across the sky. When the sun rises, the moon's position in the sky is lower as it follows its own orbit.


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