Why does the moon always accompanied by a star?

Question

Did you notice?

Whenever the moon is there, there also is the star beside it! Even though all other stars are unseen.

Some people are wondering if this star together with the moon is THE SAME through-out the year or this star changes to a different star...?

Please explain !
Thank You!

Answer 1

The moon is never 'accompanied' by a star, because that would mean that the moon would have to be large enough to have a sufficient gravitational force to carry a star in it's orbit, and if it did, we'd be in the path of that star and roasted to a crisp. That would make the Earth like the size of 20 suns...... But yes, i'm not sure why many people think it's Venus (probably because that is usually the most prominent planet close to Earth), but it is Mars. It is VERY bright on Christmas Eve, a phenomena that will happen again 9 years from now. It is opposite the sun, and therefore relfects more sunlight than normal.

Answer 2

The Moon is NOT always accompanied by a star. The Moon moves 15 degrees across the sky from one night to the next, so has a different starry background every night. A few times each month it passes close to a planet or a bright star, but that's always much farther away than the Moon. For example, last night the Moon passed in front of the planet Mars, but tonight it will be nowhere near Mars.

Answer 3

I have not noticed this, because it is not so. There is no star, and no planet which accompanies the moon. The moon moves through the sky in a manner unlike other celestial objects, and is in a different position against the stellar background each night. What you are saying is not true. I think you may want to work on your observational skills.

Answer 4

As stated, the moon variations place directly, while in comparison with the fastened stars, or perhaps the planets, which pass against the fastened stars yet lots greater slowly. each week in the past, the moon and Venus have been close interior the sky. some days later, the moon regarded close to the superb megastar Antares, and grew to become into final night probable near to Jupiter interior the sky. you do not see the phenomenon all the time. what's occurred is which you have have been given remembered the cases which you have seen it because of the fact that is greater pleasing.

Answer 5

The "star" next to the Moon at the moment is Mars, not Venus, and it will be close to the moon for a few weeks yet.

The moon orbits the Earth close to the plane of the ecliptic wheich is where the planets are so at various times of the year it is close to Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. Only with the newest of new moons would you see Mercury near the moon if the orbits are right.

Answer 6

It cannot be. The moon appears to travel faster through the zodiac than the stars do, so any adjacent stars change every night. There are enough stars that one will always appear close. Planets also appear close at times.

DK

Answer 7

The simple version is that most of the planets in our solar system revolve in the same plane. If something appears in the same plane as the moon for most of the year, it is a planet. Incidentally, the moon also rotates in the same plane - giving eclipses etc.

Even when the Earth tilts on its axis (to create what we know as seasons), we still rotate in the same plane around the sun. The planets we see might be in a different place in the sky, but they are in the same relative position to the sun and us.

Answer 8

Whatever UR describing as stars R other SUNs of our galaxy producing lights from LIGHTYEAR away. It Merely changes. We find it changing b'ze of changing atmospheres. Some times the visiblity is high so U can see more stars n when it becomes low U can see less.

Answer 9

the star next to the moon is venus. because earth is so close to venus it seems that he moon and venus are together

Answer 10

its simply not a star when you look at the moon you can see venus the planet!! i found this out on an astrology couse in helsinki try one