Can someone please explain the position of the full moon in the sky over time. Thanks. Please give me an astronomical explanation. I am baffled by the different position I observed tonight. Last night it was very different.
2006-10-07 12:52:25 · 8 answers · asked by jorge f 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The moon is constantly traveling thru space in orbit around the earth. It completes an orbit in about 29 days. Every 7 days it will be in a different phase starting with the new moon the moon is in between the sun and the earth but from different areas on earth you can see a small curved light called a crescent. 7 days later you will see half of the moon called first quarter 7 days after that or 14 days after the new moon the moon will be almost fully lit up as a full moon 7 days after that or 21 days after the new moon the moon will be half again in the last quarter. The moon is constantly moving so each day will look different than the day before. The moon phases that i have explained are shown on most calenders. Look at a calender and find what day each phase will occur the look at the moon those days and see if they are right.
2006-10-07 13:08:48 · answer #1 · answered by Tommiecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is most observant of you to notice that each night the moon appears to the "left" of its position of the previous night, against the background of stars. Most people can't even see stars where they live, the sky is so polluted with stray light. Lacking the background, you can see the moon each night to the left of the position it had at the same time the previous night.
The change in the position of the moon is due to the moon's revolution about the earth. You should note that each night the moon is closer to YOUR eastern horizon than it was the previous night at the same time. The moon is thus said to be moving east in its revolution about the earth.
2006-10-07 13:16:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It take the moon about 27 days to orbit the earth. We only *see* it when our particular point on the earth is facing the moon. Thus, the moon appears in a different position each day.
2006-10-07 13:20:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. The Moon takes about 28 days to orbit the Earth. Each day it would, therefore, move 1/28th of the way across the sky.
2006-10-07 12:55:15 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simple. The moon orbits around the Earth. In 28 days it makes one complete orbit. So, by the next night, the moon will have moved along a bit in its monthly orbit around the Earth.
2006-10-07 12:54:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 01:28:58 · answer #6 · answered by catherine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the moon rises approximately 56 minutes later each night. that is why it appears more to the left with each successive night.
2006-10-07 12:57:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the earth is slowing down
2006-10-07 12:59:50 · answer #8 · answered by Ty 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋