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The Moon appears to follow us while driving in a car because it is almost a quarter of a million miles away. The houses and telephone poles that flit by your window are only a few dozen feet away and your car zooms past them very quickly indeed. Have you noticed that the most distant trees and farms you can see on the horizon as you motor down I-94 hardly seem to move at all? That's because they are several miles away and stay in your field of vision for many minutes. Our Earth is only about 8 000 miles in diameter and your auto trip is only a few dozens of miles on any one night. But our moon is some 240 000 miles away orbiting around us. The only way to get "past" it would be to fly off the planet in a space ship! The next time you're traveling on a moonlit night, roll up a piece of paper into a narrow tube. Watch the moon through it, staying in the same position in the car, and you'll seem to move past the moon quickly because your field of vision will be very narrow.
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Why does moon follow us when you drive?
The moon does not actually follow you unless you are driving West. What happens is that the moon is so far away that it gives the illusion that that it is following you because it remains in one place and does not dissappear behind you.
How do clouds hide the moon?
Clouds are much, much closer to us than the moon. So when they move in front of the moon, they block it out.
Why stars and moon follow us?
They don't. It's caused by something called an Optical Illusion
Why do the moon phrases change?
they change because we move around in circles and the moon comes with us and the sun stays in the same place
How can the moon be bathed in sunlight when it is night time for us?
Because, wherever you are at that time, it is only nighttime for there. The sun is shining onto the other side of the Earth. At the same time some of its rays are hitting the Moon, having passed by the Earth.
Does the moon follow you?
No, the moon orbits the earth. Since the earth is spinning on its axis the moon appears to move across the sky; however, it is us that are moving, not the moon. Also, the reason behind the moon seeming perhaps to follow you as you walk along, is that it's so far away from us, that we do not notice the change in perspective (viewing angle). Theoretically, if you had a telescope powerful enough, you would see a slight difference between the perspective of the moon at, say, one side of a field, and the other. However, this is a tiny difference, which is why our perspective does not change as we travel, giving the impression that it is following us.
Does US credit follow you if you move to another country?
No.
Why does the moon follow us when you are in a car?
It's your eye that makes you think that the moon is following you when you're driving.
Is the moon following us?
The moon is stuck in our gravitational pull, it doesn't exactly follow. Just "tags along"
Why does moon follow us when you drive?
The moon does not actually follow you unless you are driving West. What happens is that the moon is so far away that it gives the illusion that that it is following you because it remains in one place and does not dissappear behind you.
How do clouds hide the moon?
Clouds are much, much closer to us than the moon. So when they move in front of the moon, they block it out.
Do guardian Angels follow us on earth or do they watch over us along with God in Heaven?
when you believe in guardian angels they are wherever you want them to be or wherever you need them to feel safer. most guardian angels are believed to live with on earth until the day you die.
Why stars and moon follow us?
They don't. It's caused by something called an Optical Illusion
Why does the moon have moon face names?
it has moon faces because as we move around the sun the moon moves around us and the earth gives off a shadow witch makes moon faces.
Why do the moon phrases change?
they change because we move around in circles and the moon comes with us and the sun stays in the same place
How can the moon be bathed in sunlight when it is night time for us?
Because, wherever you are at that time, it is only nighttime for there. The sun is shining onto the other side of the Earth. At the same time some of its rays are hitting the Moon, having passed by the Earth.
Can a debt owed to a bank in another country be collected in the us?
== == YES of course. Just because you moved doesn't wipe out your debts. They follow you wherever you go in the world.
