What are the three motions or movements of the moon?

Answer 1

One is revolution and another is rotation that's is all I know for now sorry hope this helped a little.

Comment. I think they are:

1) Rotation about its axis.

2) Orbiting around Earth.

3) Orbiting around the Sun.

Answer 2

You can only see the moon where the Sun directly shines on it, the rest is in shadow. As the moon orbits the Earth we can see more or less of the illuminated face of the moon.

For example: When the Earth is more or less between the Sun and the Moon we will see a full moon. If the the Moon is closer to the Sun than the Earth, we can only see the illuminated face from an oblique angle - a crescent moon.

This is why Venus and Mercury show similar phases (being closer to the sun).

Answer 3

1. It rotates on its own axis. In the Moon's case, the gravitational interaction between it and Earth have synchronized that rotation so that one side always faces earth, and one rotation takes the same amount of time as one revolution about Earth.

2. It revolves around the Earth. This takes one month, and pretty much defines what a month is.

3. It is carried by Earth's gravity along an orbit about the sun. Thus, it takes a year.

Answer 4

The Earth's moon has seven different phases. They are the new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning crescent.

Answer 5

I think you are looking for waxing and waning

Answer 6

moon phases are all the eclipse and all that stuff.The moons phases are all the types of phases.

Answer 7

when the moon is between the sun and the earth, we cannot see it because the sun shines on the side of the moon...

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Answer 8

The moon it has been told to be called the Phases of the moon instead of having different motions , as the earth spins on it axis that's what causes the phases of the moon.

Answer 9

The moon doesn't rotate. The earth spins around the sun and moon revolves the earth. Therefore since the moon is smaller and the earth is bigger. Its like a gearbox

Answer 10

1) New Moon

2) Waxing Crescent

3) First Quarter

4) Waxing Gibbous

5) Full Moon

6) Waning Gibbous

7) Third Quarter

8) Waning Crescent