This diagram shows how the Moon appears to change shape as it orbits (circles) the Earth due to which part of it is facing the Sun. When the lit area of the Moon we see is getting bigger each day ...

due to the moon's rotation. Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four ...

You might think that, because the length of the tide cycle is determined by the Earth's rotation ... moon is new and full? Although tides are affected mainly by the moon's gravity, gravity from ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

tides are indeed related to the motion of the moon (and to a lesser extent, the sun).* Two oceanic bulges—one on the side of the Earth facing the moon and the other on the side opposite from the ...