New Moon

How does the moon affect Earth’s tides? The is not the only thing that affects the tides the sun also affects the tides. To understand how it works you need some basic information. So the first thing you should know is that as the Earth spins the water around the Earth stays at a steady level. This is because Earth’s gravity pulls inward and the centrifugal force pushing outward that is how the water stays in place but the Moon’s gravity is strong enough to disrupt the steady ocean levels by…

to the Moon The first time America stepped foot on the moon was on July 20th, 1969, however, the last time Americans stepped foot on the moon is was in 1972. Charles Krauthammer, in the Washington Post, from 2009, argues the we should go back to the moon. Krauthammer states that we go back to the moon “for the wonder and glory of it” and because of the moon's “immense possibilities” (57). Krauthammer fails to mention a lot of vital information that could happen when we go back to the moon like,…

The rise and fall of sea levels caused by the effects of the gravitational forces applied by the moon, sun, and the rotation of the Earth are known as tides. The movements of the Earth, the sun, and the moon are key in understanding how tides work. Gravitational pull, centrifugal force, distance, and mass determine the actions of the ocean’s tides. Gravity and centrifugal force work in opposite directions to keep the ocean’s water levels balanced. As the Earth rotates on its axis, gravity pulls…

These moons all show the same face toward their planet! Now wait a second. If the Moon has gravity, which causes tides, and is the root cause behind all these shenanigans, what about the Sun? It’s even bigger than the Moon! Tides depends on the gravity from an object, and your distance from it. The Sun is far more massive than the Moon, but much farther away. These two effects largely cancel each other out, and when you…

“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” The famous words of the first man to take a step on the moon, Neil Armstrong, rocked the nation in 1969. Prior to the first human landing on the moon, the morale in the United States was depleted. In the early 1960’s, the people of the United States were coping with the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and civil rights for African Americans. Americans also felt uneasy about the ongoing Cold War with the Soviet Union and feared…

The moon phases are caused by the sun illuminating or lighting up one side of the moon. The sun is always illuminating one-half of the moon, depending on what place you are on Earth. That also affects what moon phase you see in The Lunar Cycle. The Lunar Cycle start with the New moon and then goes along to Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, then the Full moon. The cycle still continues on for Waning Gibbous Waning Crescent till it comes back to a New moon. This cycle continues about every 29 days…

ocean, and the Moon’s phases influences our calendar. The Moon takes about 27.3 days to orbit around the Earth. The light that the Moon gives off is only a reflection of the Sun’s light, bouncing off of it. The Moon only reflects about twelve percent of the light that hits it because of its rugged, and dark surface. The position of which the Moon is at while orbiting can also affect the light that we get from it. For example, when the Moon is full it could be up to twenty percent brighter than…

of Apollo 13 was to land on the moon and return safely. Granted Apollo 13 did not land on the moon due to an oxygen tank exploding, they returned the astronauts home safely, which should be the biggest goal or accomplishment. Apollo 13 was a success after it returned in one piece. A failure is the lack of success. To fully succeed the crew needed to touch down on the moon, and return home. After having technical difficulties, Apollo 13 could not land on the moon, thus failing the only…

think, myself, screamed when the black body of the moon detached from the sky and rolled off the sun.” (889) In this instance, the moon is the devil that covers God’s angelic light from glistening over the land and the people. The experience is life threatening because the moon has created a dark feeling inside of the people that makes them realize that without the sun, everyone with cease to exist. The darkness scares them, and personifying the moon as a black body that covers the sun,…

millions of years ago, the moon was created. Many believe it all started when a mars-sized planet impacted the Earth. Afterwards caught in the Earth’s orbit and soon formed into what became the moon. Up till now, scientists now acknowledge theories of the moon, the moon’s environment, and plenty know the understandings and compositions of the moon. Currently, the moon isn’t as uncommonly unknown to us now, ever since a little over four hundred years ago. That is, the moon - in theory - has…