because of the tilt of both the moon and the earth on their rotation axis
There are eight main moon phases that can be seen by an observer on Earth: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent.
It would be about 29.5 earth days. Or, precisely the same length of time as a full cycle of moon phases.
The apparent 'phases' of the earth depend entirely on where the observer is located. If the observer is standing on the moon and looking at the earth, he will see the earth go through exactly the same phases as we see the moon go through ... but they will be COMPLEMENTARY. At any moment of the month, the shape of the ILLUMINATED portion of the moon ... seen from earth ... is exactly the same as the DARK portion of the earth as seen from the moon. Combine the illuminated moon phase of the earth-bound observer with the illuminated earth phase of the moon-based observer, and they always add up exactly to one full illuminated disk.
Sure. It takes you a month and there's no way to rush it, but if you're patient and the sky is clear, you can see all of them, from anywhere on earth.
During the Moon's revolution, an observer in space would see the moon, but would not be able to see it spin around. From far to the north, about the solar system, the moon would appear to make a squiggly
The moon's phases can be seen from the earth, but not by an observer on the moon. Similarly, the earth's phases can be seen from the moon, but not by an observer on the earth.
Yes. Unless the observer was on the back side of the moon, or on the opposite side of the earth from the moon, he/she could see the same phases that we see here on earth.
There are eight main moon phases that can be seen by an observer on Earth: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent.
It would be about 29.5 earth days. Or, precisely the same length of time as a full cycle of moon phases.
He sees the phases of the moon. A varying amount of the sunlit surface is visible as the moon goes through its phases, having increased or decreased illumination with a curved boundary.
The apparent 'phases' of the earth depend entirely on where the observer is located. If the observer is standing on the moon and looking at the earth, he will see the earth go through exactly the same phases as we see the moon go through ... but they will be COMPLEMENTARY. At any moment of the month, the shape of the ILLUMINATED portion of the moon ... seen from earth ... is exactly the same as the DARK portion of the earth as seen from the moon. Combine the illuminated moon phase of the earth-bound observer with the illuminated earth phase of the moon-based observer, and they always add up exactly to one full illuminated disk.
As long as the observer is some place on the earth, his locationhas essentially no effect on the moon phase that he sees.
The planet Venus has phases similar to the moon's phases because of its orbit around the sun, inside the orbit of the Earth. Because of its particular orbit, an observer from the earth is?æable to see various phases.
Sure. It takes you a month and there's no way to rush it, but if you're patient and the sky is clear, you can see all of them, from anywhere on earth.
During the Moon's revolution, an observer in space would see the moon, but would not be able to see it spin around. From far to the north, about the solar system, the moon would appear to make a squiggly
The Moon's surface is visible to an observer on Earth because sunlight reflects off the Moon's surface towards Earth. The amount of sunlight reflected depends on the Moon's position in its orbit, creating the different phases we see from Earth.
The moon makes one complete orbital revolution of the earth in 27.32 days, and displays a complete cycle of phases every 29.53 days.