What would you see if you stood on the Moon and looked at Earth?
If you were standing on the Moon, looking up, you’d see the Earth, hanging in the sky forever, or for however long your robot body holds out. It would go through phases, like the Moon, moving from total darkness, though quarter illumination, Full Earth, and back again. But the features on the Earth would be changing.
Could a person on the Moon ever see an Earth rise?
If you are standing on the Moon you will never see the Earth rise or set. The reason is that one side of the Moon always faces the Earth and the other always faces away.
What happens to the light as you look at the Moon from Earth?
The moon shines because its surface reflects light from the sun. And despite the fact that it sometimes seems to shine very brightly, the moon reflects only between 3 and 12 percent of the sunlight that hits it. The perceived brightness of the moon from Earth depends on where the moon is in its orbit around the planet.
What is the shape of the Earth as viewed from the Moon?
oval
Once a month, as seen from the Moon, Earth traces out an approximate oval 18° in diameter. The exact shape and orientation of this oval depend on one’s location on the Moon. As a result, near the boundary of the near and far sides of the Moon, Earth is sometimes below the horizon and sometimes above it.
What does sunset look like on the moon?
The moon doesn’t have an atmosphere, so there are no twilight colors. And, because there’s no atmosphere on the moon, sunset on the moon would be equally abrupt. The moment after the sun set would be as dark as midnight, with no lingering color at all. Earth’s atmosphere also makes our sky look blue in the daytime.
Why are blue moons so rare?
Blue-colored moons are rare – aren’t necessarily full – and happen when Earth’s atmosphere contains dust or smoke particles of a certain size. The particles must be slightly wider than 900 nanometers. Particles of this size are very efficient at scattering red light.
What is light like on the moon?
Unlike a lamp or our sun, the moon doesn’t produce its own light. Moonlight is actually sunlight that shines on the moon and bounces off. The light reflects off old volcanoes, craters, and lava flows on the moon’s surface.
What is it like standing on the moon?
The surface of the moon is like nothing here on Earth! It’s totally lacking any evidence of life. It has lots of fine, talcum-powderlike dust mixed with a complete variety of pebbles, rocks, and boulders. Many pebbles, fewer rocks, and even fewer boulders naturally make up its surface.
Why doesn’t the Earth look like the moon?
“It wobbles backwards and forwards a little bit because of the moon’s elliptical, but it doesn’t rise and set like the moon does for the Earth.” So if you were standing in what we perceive as the middle of the lunar disk, the Earth would always appear to be directly overhead.
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