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the time when the Moon sinks below the horizon
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What causes moonrise and moonset?
Moonrise and moonset are caused by the rotation of the Earth, same as sunrise and sunset. As the Earth rotates, the sides of the Earth facing the moon changes, making the moon appear to rise up and then sink below the horizon.
What is moonrise and moonset?
moonrise is the moon rising moonset is the moon setting
What will you observe in the sky if the moon appears above the horizon before the sun has gone below the horizon?
You will observe both the Sun and the Moon.
When the Moon is at its new phase you cannot see it up in the sky that night?
The moon is below the horizon during the nighttime hours when the moon is new but even when it is above the horizon it can't be seen because the shadowed side of the moon is facing us on Earth and the moon is so close to the sun that it is lost in the sun's glare.
What do you call a moon when it sets?
It may be called a moonset, however the moon doesn't really set; you can sometimes see it in the middle of the day.
Is sun rise or moon rise when the sun or moon breaks the horizon or is it when the entire sun or moon is visible to the naked eye?
It is when the sun or moon breaks the horizon. And sunset and moonset happen when the last bit (trailing limb) goes below the horizon.
What causes moonrise and moonset?
Moonrise and moonset are caused by the rotation of the Earth, same as sunrise and sunset. As the Earth rotates, the sides of the Earth facing the moon changes, making the moon appear to rise up and then sink below the horizon.
What is moonrise and moonset?
moonrise is the moon rising moonset is the moon setting
Is sun rise or moon rise when the sun or moon breaks the horizon or when the entire sun or moon can be seen by the naked eye?
Sunrise (and moonrise) is when the leading edge of the sun just breaks the horizon, and sunset is when the trailing edge of the sun just sinks below the horizon. Observations may differ slightly from calculated times, since air conditions will effect the bending of the light
What will you observe in the sky if the moon appears above the horizon before the sun has gone below the horizon?
You will observe both the Sun and the Moon.
Does the moon stay below the horizon at the poles for months like the sun does?
No. Seen from either pole, the moon is continuously below the horizon for roughly 14.8 days, followed by another 14.8 continuous days when it's above the horizon.
Where does the moon appear to rise?
As moon revolves around the earth and earth rotates. The moon appears to move from below horizon to above. The relative motion above the horizon gives an illusion of rising and setting from east to west.
What word has these letters stomone?
moonset like sunset but for the moon
Can a change of a gibbous moon be detected between moonrise and moonset time?
The phase of the moon is constantly changing. If you examined it very carefully you would notice a difference between moonrise and moonset.
When we cannot see the moon at all?
1. When it is below the horizon. 2. when it is in the Sun's glare 2 days either side of New Moon.
How often does the moon rise and set when observed from the North Pole?
At the North Pole, the moon rises and sets about once a day, just like at any other location on Earth. However, due to its proximity to the pole, there are periods of continuous daylight in summer and continuous darkness in winter, which can affect visibility of the moonrise and moonset.
When the Moon is at its new phase you cannot see it up in the sky that night?
The moon is below the horizon during the nighttime hours when the moon is new but even when it is above the horizon it can't be seen because the shadowed side of the moon is facing us on Earth and the moon is so close to the sun that it is lost in the sun's glare.
