in the sky
2006-12-05 03:31:00
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answer #1
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answered by Dr. Newton 2
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The moon is about 238,900 miles (384,000 km) from Earth on average. At its closest approach (the lunar perigee) the moon is 221,460 miles (356,410 km) from the Earth. At its farthest approach (its apogee) the moon is 252,700 miles (406,700 km) from the Earth.
The moon revolves around the Earth in about one month (27 days 8 hours). It rotates around its own axis in the same amount of time. The same side of the moon always faces the Earth; it is in a synchronous rotation with the Earth.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/
For the last several nights, a gloriously bright moon has been shining in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull. On Sunday evening, the nearly full waxing gibbous moon occulted—moved right in front of—Taurus’ Pleiades star cluster, blocking some of its stars from view. Yesterday, the Full Cold Moon passed north of Aldebaran, Taurus’ brightest star.
Tonight, the slightly past full waning gibbous moon rises into your northeast sky at dusk to early evening. Later tonight, the moon will move out of Taurus and into the constellation Gemini the Twins. (Although the moon moves westward through the night, it’s actually moving eastward through the stars.) The moon hovers close to the Taurus-Gemini border all night tonight.
The line across tonight’s chart shows the ecliptic, the sun’s path through the stars. Annually, the sun crosses the Taurus-Gemini border on or near June 21, reaching its northernmost point for the year. This ushers in the June solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Tonight, the moon swings north of this northern solstice point. So for most of the United States, the moon will climb even higher in the sky than the loftiest summer sun.
http://www.earthsky.org/skywatching/
2006-12-05 11:59:02
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answered by ampmsunshine 2
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The moon is about 238,000 miles away in orbit of the earth. If the earth were the size of a grapefruit, the moon would be about the size of a golf ball 14 feet away. Most scientists believe the moon was created during a glancing blow collision with a Proto-Earth and another object about the size of Mars some 4.5 billion years ago. Since then the moon has moved away from the earth by about an inch a year. It will continue to move away from earth until it breaks orbit or the sun dies, in either case it would be devastating to life on earth.
2006-12-05 11:38:23
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answer #3
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answered by albion53151 3
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The average distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,399 kilometres (238,854 mi), which is about 30 times the diameter of the Earth. At this distance, it takes sunlight reflected from the lunar surface approximately 1.3 seconds to reach Earth. The Moon's diameter is 3,474 kilometres (2,159 mi), which is about 3.7 times smaller than the Earth, making it the Solar System's fifth largest moon, both by diameter and mass, ranking behind Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, and Io.
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2006-12-06 06:14:26
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answer #4
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answered by catzpaw 6
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Approximately 243,000 miles high, orbiting the earth. Where else?
2006-12-05 11:34:04
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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In space?
2006-12-05 11:36:48
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answer #6
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answered by Deathgrip 4
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in my pocket
2006-12-05 16:04:12
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answer #7
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answered by Quarillion Jiggles 1
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