21. The Moon: When Will It Pop Up Next?
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he Moon appears at seemingly random times. Just when you least expect it, there it is! This would make you believe that one cannot predict when the Moon is going to appear. In actuality, the rising of the Moon is quite predictable, as is its phase, such as a crescent or a quarter Moon.
When we say the Moon is rising, it is actually the Earth that is turning and bringing the Moon into view. So, say on day one the Moon rises at 6 A.M. What time will it rise on day two? The Moon moves in an eastward direction, 360 degrees once around the Earth every 30 days and therefore, 12 degrees every day. On day two, the Earth has to rotate an additional twelve degrees to catch up with the Moon. How long does it take to rotate 12 degrees? The Earth turns 360 degrees every 24 hours, so it turns at 15 degrees an hour. If one hour is 15 degrees, 12 degrees is 50 minutes. So on average, each day the Earth has to turn an additional 50 minutes for the Moon to rise. On our day two, the Moon will rise at approximately 6:50 A.M and day 3, at 7:40 A.M. And so it progresses through the month until day 31, when we are back where we started on day 1 at 6 A.M.
22. Meteors and Meteor Showers
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The most remarkable feature of this effect is the midnight Sun: the fact that on certain parts of the Earth, the Sun does not set for months at a time. This can be explained by a simple diagram. The Earth’s axis is tilted by 23.5 degrees to its orbit (see diagram). Note that the Earth’s axis points toward the star, Polaris, always. So as the Earth orbits the Sun, the axis always points in the same direction. This means that the North Pole is tipped toward the Sun in one season and away from the Sun in another. In June the North Pole is tipped toward the Sun, and in December it is tipped
When the sun shoots in through the east window- I always watch for that first long, straight ray-it changes so quickly that I never quite believe it. That is why I watch it always. By moonlight- the moon shines in all night when there is a moon- I wouldn’t know it as the same paper. At night any kind of light, in twilight, candlelight, lamplight, and worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars! The outside pattern I mean…” (Gilman 653).
When the sun is overhead, the light is falling straight on you, and so more light (and more heat) hit each square centimeter of the ground. When the sun is lower in the sky, the light gets more spread out over the surface of the earth, and less heat(persquarecentimeter)can be absorbed. Daytime continues to be longer than nighttime until after the September equinox. In the Southern Hemisphere, the dates of equal day and night occur before the September equinox and after the March equinox. It is a common misconception that seasons occur because of Earth's elliptical orbit around the Sun, with winter occurring when Earth is farthest away from the Sun, and summer when it is closest to
alternating 6 month periods of light and dark. This is also the reason why the
In winter, the sun never rises in the arctic because light rays are bent by the atmosphere, however the sun can be seen only when it is below the horizon. Imagine how it would be like without sunlight for 6 straight months during midwinter as shown in the picture below on the last page; it’s breathtaking. The reason it is because the earth’s rotate to the plane of its orbit around the sun.
Pluto's rotation period is 6.387 days, the same as its satellite Charon. Although it is common for a satellite to travel in a synchronous orbit with its planet, Pluto is the only planet to rotate synchronously with the orbit of its satellite. Thus being tidally locked, Pluto and Charon continuously face each other as they travel through space.
In Luke 21:11, 25 Jesus states that there will be Signs in the Sun and Moon. In Acts 2:18-21 we read, “Sun will turn to darkness, and the moon to blood.” Whether anything has to do with the blood moons is not the real issue. The real issue is that we are on the verge of some world-shaking events. These events will be the greatest prophetic spectacles described in the Bible since the crucifixion and resurrection. Interestingly, the next Tetra will not occur for another 400
I thus decided to explore geographical and gravitational effects on tides along with solar and lunar tides and finally predicting the tides.
7.) Solstice - is when the sun is highest in the sky, either in the north or south. Summer solstice is the longest day of the year, and winter solstice is the shortest .
The moon is probably the most noticeable object outside of earth atmosphere besides the sun. There are a great number of facts about the moon. Most of these facts include size and distance of the moon compared to the Earth. Our moon's proper name is "Luna". Luna is 238,900 miles away from earth, and 27% smaller than earth. The moon is the most studied object outside of earths atmosphere. Luna is the only naturally made object that humans have set foot on besides earth.
Specifically, gravity from the sun and the moon pull particles (water) from the earth toward the direction of the moon and the sun. However, the moon has a higher influence on the gravitational pull than the sun, because even though the sun is much larger than the moon the moon is significantly closer to earth than the sun. Additionally, this means that the moon will have a greater influence on the gravitational pull. Together the sun and the moon both work together to influence the tidal heights. For example, at the time "when the moon, Earth, and sun form a right angle.
?The Eagle has landed.? Many people use this phrase without knowing where it came from. On July 20, 1969, NASA astonished the world, when Neil Armstrong spoke these words when the Apollo spacecraft, nicknamed ?the Eagle,? landed on the moon?s surface. He later spoke the famous words, ?One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,? when he was the first man to set foot on the moon. When astronauts walk on the moon, they are allowed to breathe, because of their space suits. These space suits have oxygen tanks in them, and allow astronauts to stay out in space for up to seven hours at a time. They have to think ahead a few steps so they can step or turn without difficulty, because they have to take huge steps. The pull of gravity on the moon is one-sixth lower than the pull of gravity on the Earth, which makes them a lot lighter on the moon. The moon?s gravitational pull controls the ocean?s tides on the Earth. The moon pulls the Earth and water towards it, which causes an increase of water nearest the moon. As the moon pulls the core of the Earth towards it, the water on the side farthest away from the moon flings around to the side, and creates an increase of water there, too. The increase of water is called a high tide. On the sides of the Earth not facing the sun or moon, there are low tides. Each beach or po...
During a full month period, the moon goes through a set of phases every single time it makes a full revolution around the Earth. The moon’s orbit is tilted at about 5 degrees. Phases are caused by the changes in positions of Earth, sun, and the moon. When the sun is behind the moon, the part of the moon that is facing the Earth isn’t lit up. This is the first phase, called the new moon. The second phase is called the waxing crescent. In this phase, the moon is growing into a crescent shape while it's slowly moving around the Earth. When you can see half of the moon lit up, you have seen the first quarter, which is the third of eight phases. The fourth phase is called the waxing gibbous. This is when the moon is growing more and more to make
According to Moon Facts! (n.d.) the Moon is born every 29 days. The second phases is Waxing Crescent Moon that always available to be seen in the west after sunset.
Unlike the sun, the moon doesn't emit heat and energy through the form of light. However, it does have a vast gravitational pull on our atmosphere which correlates to the tides and wakes of the ocean. It almost seems as if the moon is selfish as it's trying to pull from the earth's surface; whereas the sun is giving of its light and energy and asking nothing in return. Unlike the sun, the moon is pockmarked with dark stretches of craters, and pools of hardened lava. The light of the moon is employed by the boiling star from its opposed axis of the earth.
Well, now is the chance to not only see this spectacle, but to understand why the moon looks as such during this spectacular event. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth’s shadow blocks the Sun’s light that would reflect off the moon. This occurs because of an alignment between the Sun, Earth and Moon. The straightness of this alignment between these three astral bodies depends on the intensity of the eclipse.