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I know it doesn't have snow or rain but does it have differing seasons like the earth as it revolves at different times of the year?

2006-12-30 16:44:07 · 15 answers · asked by Edward J 6 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

Thanks all so far for your answers. I have to say I am in no position to say one is right or wrong but will end up leaving this one to the voters. I guess what I am curious about was if they had hotter and colder days as the distance from the sun might change during different orbittal times. I really didn't know anything about the tilt factor, but just wondered as earth has different stages of warmth during the year if this was also true of the moon.

2006-12-30 18:16:11 · update #1

I always get a chuckle when someone gives you a thumbs down for asking a question. I draw from this it is better to remain ignorant?

2006-12-31 09:41:16 · update #2

15 answers

The moon has no atmosphere, therefore no change in seasons.

Also, bear in mind that one day on the moon is 30 earth days. Since the moon also rotates around the earth every 30 days, the lunar 'day' and lunar 'year' are the same length. Since there is no atmosphere, there is no appreciable change in temperature, so no noticeable seasons.

2006-12-30 16:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by F. Frederick Skitty 7 · 0 0

Very interesting question!

Yes, technically the Moon has seasons.

Seasons are not defined by birds, trees, or any other activity restricted solely to Earth. The seasons are caused by axial tilt and the resulting apparent annual movement of the Sun in the sky. Any astronomical body with axial tilt in relation to its path around the Sun will have seasons. Seasons do cause annual temperature shifts.

The Moon has an axial tilt of 6.7 degrees, so the Sun position wouldn't change as much as it does on Earth. But it would change. The moon has fairly drastic temperature changes between night and day of +250 deg F to -250 deg F due to the lack of an atmosphere. This big daily swing would likely make the seasonal temperature difference fairly insignificant. Keep in mind that a lunar 'day' is about 29.5 Earth days long. There are only about 12 days in a lunar year.

2006-12-30 17:34:17 · answer #2 · answered by I don't think so 5 · 1 0

no, in order to have seasons a body such as the moon needs an atmosphers and must have a tilt in its axis so that when it revolves around the sun (with the Earth) different hemispheres will have varying lenghts of day and differnt sun angles. Not sure if the moon has a tilt in its axis. Even if it did, without an atmospheres or water a season is out of the ? Seasons are marked by cold winters, hot summers with varying daylight hours and sunagles thoughout the yr, or a wet and dry season such as the monsoon near the equation where people there have uniform temps all yr and seasons to them are wet or dry. So with no atmosphere absorbing and releasing heat efficiently, and no water to form precipitation, its basically not happening.

2006-12-30 17:23:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0 0

A moon's "year" is about one month. It takes it about one month to revolve around the earth. It has almost no atmosphere, and atmosphere is a major factor affecting weather and seasons. It does not have seasons. It's always just cold as ice since it has no atmosphere.

2006-12-30 16:49:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

There is no weather so no, there are no seasons. An earlier responder said that one side was always dark which is incorrect. We on earth only see one side of the moon because of our rotations. The sun shines on all sides of the moon.

2006-12-30 16:53:26 · answer #5 · answered by Big Brother 3 · 1 0

moon axial tilt of abt1.5° to orbit plane (earths is 23°, thats why we have seasons) moons tilt is too small to have much differance.

one more thing the dark side do get sun light, we just don't see that side of the moon from earth.

2006-12-30 17:00:08 · answer #6 · answered by Tharu 3 · 0 0

...Without living things like...trees and grass...it's kinda hard to have seasons...I mean that's how we document them...

winter it's cold and it snows...and bears sleep...some kinds of birds fly north...

spring things start to grow and bloom, the bugs come out again

summer all the leaves are out and it's hot...everything's green...

Fall the trees loose their leaves and the grass goes brown and it gets cool again...

If we didn't have this stuff...we wouldn't have seasons either...because there's nothing that documents the change!

2006-12-30 16:51:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

no because it dont have any tilt in it and it never will cause it spins too much and too fast in almost all directions

2006-12-30 16:48:06 · answer #8 · answered by ClixThief 1 · 1 1

No, in fact one side stays dark at all times.

2006-12-30 16:46:37 · answer #9 · answered by freshlybakedj 3 · 0 2

no moon does not have any seasons

2006-12-30 17:07:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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