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What real motion of the moon causes the pattern of moon phases?
the rotation of the moon causes the pattern of the moon phase.
How long is the moon phases and how long does the lunar cycle last and what causes the moon phase to change phase to phase?
The lunar cycle of phases is about 29.5 days. As the moon rotates and revolves around the earth, and the earth rotates and revolves around the sun, the shadows cast by the shifting positions of the moon and earth cause the moon to wane, wax, and "disappear". This is known as the lunar cycle.
Do phases of the moon have anything to do with Earth's shadow falling on the moon?
No, the phases of the moon are caused by the sun's light hitting the moon at different angles when viewed from Earth. The Earth's shadow is what causes a lunar eclipse.
What is caused by the combination of the light from the sun and the moon's orbit around earth?
The combination of the light from the sun and the moon's orbit around Earth causes the moon to appear differently at different times during the month. This creates the phases of the moon, such as the new moon, full moon, and crescent moon, as we observe from Earth.
What causes a waning gibbous?
Waning gibbous caused by the sunlight of the sun causes all the phases, it changh like a waxing gibbous and waning gibbous in the moon phases.
What is the greatest number of full moon phases visible on Earth that are possible in the span of one year?
the process that causes the moon to appear at these different phases of earthlings
What causes moon phases to change?
the way the sun light hits it during the rotation of the moon
Why do we have different phases of the moon?
The different phases of the moon are caused by the relative positions of the sun, Earth, and moon. As the moon orbits Earth, different portions of its illuminated half are visible from our perspective. This causes the moon to appear to change shape from a new moon (when it is not visible) to a full moon (when it appears fully illuminated).
Can the moon change shape?
The moon does not actually change shape, but its appearance from Earth does. This is due to its orbit around the Earth, which causes different portions of the moon to be illuminated by the sun at different times.
What are changes in appear in the moon?
Phases!
What motion causes the moon to change phases?
The lunar orbit, or maybe more precisely, the mutual earth-moon orbit.Orbit
What causes the changes of the moon phases?
The moon spins
Why is the moon change everyday?
the phases of the moon change it
What causes the phase of the moon to change?
The changing phases of the moon are caused by its position relative to the Earth and the Sun. As the moon orbits the Earth, the amount of sunlight it reflects changes, creating the different phases we see from Earth.
How does the moon cause phases?
The moon causes the sea to cycle through tides by tugging the water into sort of an oblong circle and spinning it around the earth. The Sun causes the moon to change "phases" much as it causes the Earth to change days. The moon just turns much slower than the Earth and ends up never actually turning its "face" away from us.
Are the Moon's phases predictable why or why not?
yes the moon phases are predictable because you can tell when a moon phase will appear by knowing what time of month it is.
The different phases of the moon are caused by?
Actually it is not the rotation of the earth but the orbit of the moon around the earth that causes the phases of the moon. The moon's relationship in it's orbit with regard to the sun is what causes the phases to change. When the moon is between the earth and the sun, it is in a "new moon" phase because the only side of the moon that is lit with sunshine is the far side or the unseen side of the moon. When the earth is between the sun and the moon, the moon is at "full moon" phase. In between these two extremes gives us the 1st quarter and the 3rd quarter phases.
