Moon .... I'm getting there...?

Question

Thank you for your prior answers.... I like the one about the Earth
moving... and that"s what makes the moon SEEM to move...

So, if the moon is actually not moving, but only a little per day, and, of course it is not spinning on its self... what keeps it hanging up there? not its movement...

And if it does not have an elevation of its own, are you implying that it is fix on the same orbit every month, and only changes in looks because of planet Earth movement only?

That would almost suggest that the moon is inert in the sence that
it would be a mere dead attachment ... kept soly up by a magnetic side (always the same side)...

And so... if the sun is the cause of the lit side, again I ask..WHY in the DAYLIGHT when the sun is high an the moon is a daylight moon, why isn"t this always a FULL moon than??

Answer 1

The Moon does not just seem to move, it really does move. And it moves around the Earth, not around the Sun, taking 28 days to go around once. The Moon also rotates on its axis, just like Earth does. So if the Moon is rotating, why don't we sometimes see the other side? Because it rotates once every 28 days. It is rotating at juuuust the right speed to keep turning the same face toward Earth as it is moving around Earth. This is not just a lucky coincidence either. Tidal forces have caused the Moon to rotate at that speed. Its rotation is said by astronomers to be tidally locked with its revolution around the Earth.

Answer 2

MOON IS MOVING AND IS ORBITING THE EARTH!
AND THATS THE REASON WHY SOLAR N LUNAR ECLIPSES ARE HAPPENING... I THINK U LEARNT THAT IN ECLIPSES..MOON COMES IN BETWEEN OF SUN AND EARTH OR MOON STAYS BEHIND THE EARTH WHEN EARTH IS BETWEEN MOON AND SUN WHICH CAUSES THE ECLIPSES