What causes the phases of the moon as observed from the Earth?
A) Filtering of the light from the moon due to the Earth's atmosphere.
B) The tidal forces of the Earth's oceans change the appearance of the moon.
C) Change in distance of the moon from the Earth as it orbits in an elliptical orbit.
D) The angle of light from the sun as it reflects off the moon and viewed from the Earth's surface. ***
Wait so what is the answer a b c or d
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The correct answer is D) The angle of light from the sun as it reflects off the moon and viewed from the Earth's surface.
To understand why this is the correct answer, let me explain the process in more detail:
The phases of the moon are caused by the relative positions of the sun, moon, and Earth. The moon does not emit its own light, but instead reflects sunlight. As the moon orbits around the Earth, the angle between the sun, moon, and Earth changes, resulting in different portions of the moon being illuminated by the sun.
When the moon is in its new moon phase, it is located between the sun and Earth, with the side of the moon that is illuminated facing away from us. As the moon moves in its orbit, we start to see a thin crescent of illuminated moon. This is called the waxing crescent moon. As the moon continues its orbit, it becomes more and more illuminated, reaching the first quarter moon phase.
The moon then continues to wax, or increase in illumination, until it reaches the full moon phase. At this point, the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, and the entire side facing Earth is illuminated. After this, the moon begins to wane, or decrease in illumination, until it reaches the third quarter moon phase.
Finally, the moon returns to its new moon phase, completing a full cycle. The amount of illumination we see from Earth depends on the angle at which sunlight is hitting the moon and being reflected back to us.
So, the correct answer is D) The angle of light from the sun as it reflects off the moon and viewed from the Earth's surface.
Yes, to both.
During a new moon, the moon is
in between Earth and the Sun
in front of the sun, in back of Earth. ***
in front of Earth, in front of the sun.
alongside Earth and in front of the sun