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No, the moon is not perfectly round or spherical, as a Basketball might be. It is distorted in shape by the powerful gravitational pull of planet Earth. Just as the moon's own gravity pulls at us, distorting large bodies of water (creating what we call tides), so the Earth's pull on the moon causes solid-body tide effects on the moon. This means that the rock and soil of the moon is rearranged by the gravitational pull of Earth.
The shape of the moon, being changed by the Earth, leads to an interesting observation that anyone can make: the moon always shows us the same side or face as it travels around our planet. In all its phases, whenever we look at the moon, we always see the same side.
The moon does not revolve or spin on its axis fast (or slow) enough to give us a view of what we have sometimes called the "dark side" of the moon. The areas of the lunar surface that jut outward toward earth help to lock the moon in its rotation, so that we always see the same side.
While the far side of the moon is not always truly in the dark, any more than the side facing us is always illuminated by the sun; it does remain a mystery to those who observe the moon from Earth. We must rely on spacecraft of some kind that travel to the far side when it is enjoying sunlight to send us images of that part of the moon's surface.
I found a nice internet explanation of the moon's shape here: http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/q277.html
The search terms I used included: moon, spherical, shape, gravity
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 7y agoNo, The Moon Rotates In Place And The Earth and The Rest Of The Planets Rotate And Spin Around The Moon And Sun.
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Sorry but you are not quite right, Elysia. The Moon does itself rotate, but at the same rate at which it orbits the Earth so we always see the same face of it, and it orbits the Earth directly.
The combination of Earth and Moon orbits the Sun, so the Moon does indeed go round the Sun although as a partner with the Earth.
Similarly with the other planets that have a moon or moons.
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∙ 11y agoYes. It takes the Moon about 27.3 days to orbit the Earth once. The Moon is now shown to be moving away from Earth at about 1.25 inches per year.
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∙ 15y agoNo. The Moon's orbit is an ellipse.
ALL orbits are ellipses, including Earth's orbit. Earth is close to having a circular orbit, but not exactly.
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∙ 11y agoThe earth circles round the sun ( a kind of egg shape)
The moon circles round the earth
So no the earth does not circle round the moon
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∙ 12y agoYes. It takes 24 hours for the moon to circle around the earth once.
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∙ 11y agoIt cant be because that the moon has so many craters in it
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∙ 13y agoThe moon is not perfectly round. It just looks like that from the sun shining on it. The reason it is close to a ball shape is because of the gravitational pull of the earth.
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∙ 13y agoit has a pattern around the world that resets every year and this pattern keeps the moon in the same general area but the exact answer i dont know
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Does the moon circle the earth every day?
No. The moon takes about 27 days to go around the earth.
How many times does the moon circle the earth in the time it takes the earth to circle the sun?
Earth takes 365 days (1 year) to revolve around Sun Moon takes 29.5 days (1 Month) to revolve around Earth So Moon would complete approx. 12 revolutions (that's why we have 12 months) in 1 Year
What controls the rising and setting of the sun and moon?
the sun is the center our this solar system, there are thousands like it. the earth is moving in a circle around this sun the earth is also spinning itself. the spinning makes the sun appear to rise and set every day the moon is moving in a circle around the earth. sometimes the earth is directly between the sun and the moon and the moon becomes shaded or eclipsed. sun eclipses can also happen when the moon is between the sun and the earth
How far is the moon?
The moon is approximately 240,000 miles away from the Earth. That's about three days as the Apollo flies! The distance is always changing a little, since the moon's orbit around the earth is an ellipse and not a circle.
Does the earth orbit the sun to get day and night?
No, it spins around in a circle on its axis. When the Earth is facing the sun, it is day. When it faces the moon, it is night.
Does the moon circle the earth every day?
No. The moon takes about 27 days to go around the earth.
What shape is the orbit the moon takes around the earth?
A circle?
What is the circle of the moon that travel around the earth?
That would be it's orbit. The moon orbits the earth in roughly a circular path.
What what is the shape of the moon's orbit around Earth?
The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical. An ellipse is a flattened circle, much like an oval. The Moon takes just under a month to revolve around the Earth. Looking down on the Earth above the North Pole, the Moon revolves counterclockwise around the Earth, which is the same direction that the Earth rotates on its axis.An ellipse. Very close to a circle though.Unlike many other moons, the Earth's moon follows an elliptical orbit.
What does the moon circle?
The moon orbits the Earth.
How many day does it take for the moon to circle around the sun if it could?
What do you mean "if it could"? The Moon does circle the Sun, together with planet Earth. Once a year.
Is the distance of the moon from the earth the same as it complete the revolution?
The distance between Earth and Moon changes. Like any object going in an orbit around another object, the Moon moves around Earth in an ellipse, not in an exact circle.
Is the sun the moon and the earth circles?
the earth is a bit flattened but the moon has a brilliant circle
How many times does the moon circle the earth in the time it takes the earth to circle the sun?
Earth takes 365 days (1 year) to revolve around Sun Moon takes 29.5 days (1 Month) to revolve around Earth So Moon would complete approx. 12 revolutions (that's why we have 12 months) in 1 Year
What controls the rising and setting of the sun and moon?
the sun is the center our this solar system, there are thousands like it. the earth is moving in a circle around this sun the earth is also spinning itself. the spinning makes the sun appear to rise and set every day the moon is moving in a circle around the earth. sometimes the earth is directly between the sun and the moon and the moon becomes shaded or eclipsed. sun eclipses can also happen when the moon is between the sun and the earth
Does the moon circle the sun in a year?
Basically because the moon revolves around the earth so therefore it circles the sun to. It doesn't orbit it but it does go around it.
Does the earth circle the moon?
yes
