For people on space-station do the phases of the moon look ruffly the same? This maybe dumb, but wondering if few miles difference would change angle. In recent photos of construction you can see the moon.
2007-10-27 01:31:28 · 6 answers · asked by Mister2-15-2 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Well, consider 2 people on opposite sides of the world, they're seeing the moon from about 8,000 miles apart. The ISS is maybe 150 miles up, so from the two sides of the orbit it's 8,300 miles one side to the other. And it's 240,000 miles to the moon (give or take).
Won't make a lot of difference. What matters *more* is that the orbit is an ellipse, so sometimes it's closer or further away:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071025.html
And it isn't *exactly* phase-locked because the orbit is an ellipse, so it appears to wobble a bit side-to-side (that's called libration)
http://www.wwu.edu/depts/skywise/lunar_libration.html
2007-10-27 01:46:21 · answer #1 · answered by Valdis K 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It would look the same, probably a little sharper, and brighter because of the lack of atmospheric interference, but not bigger. The moon has an elliptical 14 month orbit which changes in distance to the earth by some 20 odd thousand miles with little viewing difference. The distance of the station is negligible in comparison.
2007-10-27 02:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by captainhook3000 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The space station is in the light much longer , an orbit is approximately 90 minuets.
2007-10-27 04:42:00 · answer #3 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very little difference.
2007-10-27 02:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u r inline with the earth then no but if you are on a diff angle to the earth then i guess s0
2007-10-27 01:35:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
the moon is always full there because the sun is not blocking it to them.
2007-10-27 01:34:07 · answer #6 · answered by LeAnneRN2004 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋