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What is the phase of the moon when its halfway around its orbit?
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That depends on what you want to call the 'beginning' of the moon's orbit.
-- New Moon and Full Moon are opposite each other, 1/2 orbit apart.
-- First Quarter and Last Quarter are opposite each other, 1/2 orbit apart.
-- Each day of Waxing Crescent, and the Waning Gibbous that combines with it
to form a complete disk, are opposite each other, 1/2 orbit apart.
-- Each day of Waning Crescent, and the Waxing Gibbous that combines with it
to form a complete disk, are opposite each other, 1/2 orbit apart.
Hey! I just realized that every possible shape of the moon, and the shape
that combines with it to form a complete disk, are opposite each other,
1/2 orbit apart.
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One orbit of the moon begins with a new moon and ends with a new moon. What is the phase of the moon when its halfway around its orbit?
Full Moon.
What is it called when the moon moves around the earth?
This is called its orbit. Strictly, the moon and the earth both orbit their common centre of mass. The path of the moon around Earth is elliptical orbit. It takes about 29 days to complete one orbit of earth by moon.
Can the moon orbit around the sun?
The moon does orbit the Sun. Locked in orbit around the Earth, as the Earth orbits the Sun, the moon orbits the Sun.
Can you see the moon morning night dusk dawn and mid day?
The moon can be seen at any time of day, depending on its phase and its position in its orbit around the Earth.
List of planets in order that orbit the moon?
No planets are in orbit around the moon
One orbit of the moon begins with a new moon and ends with a new moon. What is the phase of the moon when its halfway around its orbit?
Full Moon.
Does the Moon's orbit around the earth affect the Moon's phase?
yea
Does the moons orbit around the earth affect the moon phase?
yea
Why does a solar eclipse not occur with every new moon phase and a lunar eclipse with every full moon phase?
Because the Moon's orbit around the Earth is not in the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. The Moon's orbit is tilted at approximately 5 degrees to the Earth's orbit around Sun. As the Moon orbits the Earth, it is usually either "above" or "below" the Earth's orbital plane around the Sun. Greg
Does the moon orbit around the sun affect the moon phase?
no. But the moons pahses chang eby the whereabouts it is at that moment.
What phase is it when the moon is halfway through the lunar cycle?
The moon will be a full moon, halfway through the lunar cycle.
What phenomena never affects the moon's phase?
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What can determine moon phase?
The position of the earth and moon on their orbit around the sun, determines how much and what area of the moon is lit by sunlight. The moon's phases are what we can view from the earth.
What is it called when the moon moves around the earth?
This is called its orbit. Strictly, the moon and the earth both orbit their common centre of mass. The path of the moon around Earth is elliptical orbit. It takes about 29 days to complete one orbit of earth by moon.
Assume that a new orbit begins at full moon What fraction or the way around its orbit is the moon during the full moon phase?
We're going to assume that the question is referring to the next Full Moon.The moon makes one complete orbit each 27.32 days, but the phases repeat witha period of 29.53 days. So the elapsed time from any phase to the next appearanceof the same phase is (29.53/27.32) = 1.081 orbits.
What phase is the moon in its orbit at the time of a solar eclipse?
That can only be the time of New Moon.
Can the moon orbit around the sun?
The moon does orbit the Sun. Locked in orbit around the Earth, as the Earth orbits the Sun, the moon orbits the Sun.
