Would we be alive if there was no moon at night....?!?!??! just wondering?

Question

i just want to know if it would affect us?

if there was no moon "AT ALL"

Answer 1

well the tides would be different or non existant, that would effect sea life, but i believe that man can survive,,,

Answer 2

Some say that the Moon, by providing the stong tides and large intercoastal areas, contributed a great deal to the formation and evolution of life on this planet.

However, even without the Moon, we would still have had tides (from the Sun). They would have been only 40% of the Moon's tides but they would have been far more regular.

Would tidal regularity have helped us more or did the irregularity of the tide heights force a more rapid evolution?

However, once life and intelligence has developed, the influence of the Moon would be less critical. It would still play a role (every months, there are some nights where there is more light than at other nights).

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Hosea is correct: the presence of the Moon has kept the inclination of our rotation axis quite steady. Venus (which is very close to the earth in size) has seen its rotation axis tumble so much that it is now 'upside down' and rotating very slowly. This has been shown in the paper cited below.

Answer 3

Think of all the songs that would never have been written.
"By the light.....of the silvery darkness" just doesn't have that same romanticism to it.

On the scientific side of things, we would not have moths flying at our lamps at night. It has been theorised that insects flying at lights are really using it as a substitute moon. For half a billion years, the Moon was the only source of bright light at night. During breeding season, moths would use it as a guide for direction. Without the Moon, this would not have developed into the genetic code of insects, and we could have had an insect-free existence with out lighting.

Answer 4

There are arguments out there that the barycenter (center of rotation) formed by the Earth/Moon system is essential to keeping the Earth's seasons and climates in check. However, these are purely theoretical and very difficult to validate since the Earth is the only planet we know of to have such a (relatively) stable weather system and ecology. In addition, tides would not occur, which would drastically change the way a multitude of species live and behave, and probably kill off a great number of species who live in the intertidal zone (where water covers the beach at high tide but leaves it exposed at low tide).
As for whether or not seeing the moon at night is essential- no, its not, but it'd be kind of sad if it were gone.

Answer 5

Almost certainly not.
Read Isaac Asimov's "Tragedy of the Moon"
Something additional he doesn't cover is the fact that Earth wouldn't have a rotation speed of 24 hours if the global impact we believed that created the Moon hadn't happened.

Answer 6

I know it has something to do with the wAves and also we would have no moonlight.I dont see how it would affect us.the only thing its probably used for is maybe there might be a meteor that might strike earth but the moon blocks it.... i guess.

Answer 7

Are you including the moon in the day too?

Answer 8

Geez, would that mean there wouldn't be any werewolves either?