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The moon is 4x smaller than the earth, causing the moon to cover up completely the sun on a solar eclipse.

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Why is the moon's lunar cycle longer than it takes the moon to complete one revolution?

its the way the earth is


What is one way in which earth is affected by the moon?

the moon, as it rotates around the earth, creates the tides of the ocean through it's gravitational pull


Does it take the moon almost one month to travel all the way around earth?

Yes, our months are based on the movement of the moon around the earth.


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.


Why does the new moon receive sunlight only on the side facing away from earth?

well since the moon only face us one side when a eclipse occur the side which faceing the earth are going to be shadow because the sun is at the back of the moon which is why a eclipse occur. by the way the moon only face one side becuase the moon take the same time to orbit the earth and turns around on its own axist. the simple way to understand is that when the moon orbit the earth quater way and itself turns quater way, when it orbit the earth another quater way it turns quater way and so on so on like that, in conclution no mater what happens the moon will only facing us use one side of it face.


Why does one rotation of the moon equal one orbit of the moon?

The moon orbits the earth in such a way that the same side of the moon is facing towards the earth at all times. A fancy way of describing this is that the moon rotates once when it orbits the earth once. Rocks returned from the Apollo lunar landings are made of the same material as the rocks on earth. Scientists now believethat the moon was created when another object slammed into the earth back when the earth was still very hot and had a much thinner crust. The moon is a combination of the earth at that timeand the object that hit us. That is why the moon rotates once with evey revolution.


What is the relationship between the moon and the Milky Way galaxy?

The moon is a natural satellite of Earth and is not directly related to the Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system, including Earth and the moon. The moon orbits Earth, not the Milky Way.


You way 210 pounds on earth how do you way on the moon?

35 pounds on the Moon.


What is one way in witch earth is affected by the moon?

One way in which Earth is affected by the moon is through the gravitational pull it exerts. This gravitational pull causes tides in Earth's oceans, as well as subtle changes in the planet's rotation and axial tilt over time.


Do you way more on earth or on the moon?

You would weigh way less on the moon. For example. If you weighed 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 16.6 pounds on the moon.


Which way does the moon revolve?

The moon revolves around the Earth in a counterclockwise direction. This motion is called orbital motion, and it takes about 27.3 days for the moon to complete one orbit around the Earth.


Does a thin crescent moon always face the same way?

No, the orientation of the thin crescent moon can vary depending on the time of year and your location on Earth. The angle at which the crescent moon is tilted can change as it moves in its orbit around the Earth.