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OK. Confused question. You need to visualize what's going on in local space.

Earth is rotating around its own axis, and that is an axis that wobbles.

We call the period of it's rotation 24 hours. Because we've so divided the Earth's surface
into twentyfour segments.

The moon is orbiting the Earth. It takes around thirty days to do so. It is not orbiting at the exact equatorial plane of the earth, which causes an additional wobble to the system.

So, no. From any given location on the Earth the moon does not rise at the same part of the horizon. It is a complex variation of a long north and southward drift along the horizon.

If you want to get a hold on Astronomy you should think about these local conditions. We make all our base measurements off of the rotation of the Earth (days), our revolution around the sun, (years) and the collective wobble of the system, (lunar and seasonal precesssion)...

2006-07-27 14:17:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10 1

No. The Earth is tilted on it's axis from the orbital plane. The Moon orbits the Earth and has complete disregard for the Earth's tilting. As the Earth travels in it's orbital path around the Sun, the orientation of the Moon's orbit around the Earth realtive to the Earth's axis changes over the course of the year. Therefore, the Moon rises in a slightly different place on the horizon every day.

2006-07-27 20:51:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No, it moves around. It orbits Earth once every 28 days and its orbit is tilted compared to both the equator and ecliptic, so it wanders a little north and south too.

2006-07-27 20:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0 0

No

2006-07-27 20:46:10 · answer #4 · answered by Jeep Driver 5 · 0 0

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