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The appearance that the moon is changing shape is actually just an illusion.
The 'shape' of the moon depends on where the moon is in reference to the Sun & Earth.
The light is reflected from the Earth and hits the moon, which lets us see it. All the while, the moon is orbiting the earth, and the earth is orbiting the sun. This is why different amounts of light hit the moon each day.
Since we are all orbiting at the same speed, there is a cycle. This cycle is in tune with a woman's menstrual cycle.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 16y agoYes, it does. The backdrop of stars is always changing no matter where you are on the moon. The moon orbits the earth, and along with the earth it orbits the sun. There is nothing that fixes the view of stars from any vantage point on the moon. Whether or not you see the earth is another matter; if you are on the far side of the moon, you will never see the earth in the moon sky; if you are on the near side, you always will see the earth. Because of something called 'libration', you would see the earth seem to bounce a little back and forth. There are places along the edge of the earth-side face of the moon where you would see the earth seem to move up and dip down at the horizon, as if it wants to rise-- but it never moves all the way across the sky.
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∙ 12y agoThe moon does not change every night, however, the apparent shape of moon changes every night due to the fact that moon is travelling in its orbit around the Earth and this accounts for the part of the illuminated portion of moon to be seen by the observers on Earth to change every night.
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∙ 15y agoFrom the time of the new moon, the moon rises an hour later each night, waxing from a thin crescent to half moon shape to (in about a fortnight or two weeks) a full moon. From the full moon it begins to wane, and once it reaches the new moon stage again, a full lunar cycle has been completed (about 28 days). When you see the moon waxing and waning as described above, you are actually seeing the lunar day and lunar night unfolding on the moon, just the way day and night happen on earth. But we always see the same face of the moon, and the whole day-night cycle on the moon is one month long-- not 24 hours as it is on earth.
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∙ 14y agoNo. The Moon orbits the Earth in 28 days, while the Earth orbits the Sun in 365 days. So the lunar cycle doesn't divide evenly into the solar year; one year is 12.5 "moons".
Last night (November 3, 2009) was the Full Moon. One year from now, November 3, 2010, the Moon will be a waning crescent, with the New Moon coming 2 days later.
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∙ 12y agoyes, but not its shape although it might appear different every night.
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∙ 14y agoNo. The side of the moon that is seen is always the same side of the moon
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∙ 14y agoThe Moon's position in the sky is constantly changing. It will appear to be in the same place again in about 19 years.
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∙ 14y agoThe moon rotates upon it's axis at exactly the same speed as it orbits the earth, so the same side of the moon is always facing the earth.
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∙ 13y agoThe moon orbits the earth, which orbits the sun. It is constantly moving, both in reality and in relationship to the earth.
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How far does the Moon appear to move in the sky per day?
The moon appears in different places on successive nights because the Moon orbits around the Earth once every 27.3 days. Each night it appears about 13 degrees further east among the background stars than the previous night.
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The Moon, and for that matter, all celestial objects, appear to move across the sky due to the earth's rotation. You can show this to your self fairly easily. Take a chair that swivels. Sit in it. Now focus on an object a few feet away, and then spin in the chair. The object 'appears' to move, but it's really YOU that moved.Answer:The moon exhibits two distinct motions.The first is the east to west motion as the night passes which is caused by the Earth's rotation.There is however a retrograde motion (west to east) which can be observed on subsequent nights. The moon rises about 20 minutes later each night. This motion is caused by the orbiting of the moon around the Earth.
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You can do this with just a few pieces of information and some observation. Like the sun, the moon appears to rise in the east and set in the west. We know that for the sun and for the moon these are apparent motions and not true motions. The sun, for example, doesn't go around the earth once a day. Based on this, some people might conclude that the moon moves around the earth from east to west. However, observation will show you that while the moon rises in the east, it rises roughly 40 minutes later each night than the night before. Now if you think about it, if the moon were actually moving from east to west, it would rise earlier each night and not later. Observing the movement of the earth and moon from far to the north, the earth is rotating anticlockwise; this is why the sun appears to rise over the eastern horizon in the morning. If the moon were moving from east toward the west, it would advance prior to its rising, and would appear in the east earlier and earlier each night. Instead, the moon is moving toward the east in its anticlockwise orbit around earth. As a result, it has retreated from the eastern horizon a little more each night.
Why does the moon appear to move eastward across the sky?
Each night at the same time the moon is further east because that is the direction that the moon orbits the earth. It gets round in about a month.
How does the moon move in relaton with earth?
The moon circles the Earth approximately every month. It takes 27.3 days for the moon to make one orbit around our planet. Even though it looks like the moon is moving from East to West, it actually isn't. It's moving from West, to East. If you go outside and find the moon, look at the stars behind it. Go outside the same time the next night and the moon will be noticeably East from where it was the night before. :) That's also why the moon rises almost an hour later each night.
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How far does the Moon appear to move in the sky per day?
The moon appears in different places on successive nights because the Moon orbits around the Earth once every 27.3 days. Each night it appears about 13 degrees further east among the background stars than the previous night.
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