Can someone please check my answers and help me with the diagrams. Thank you! 1.
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Can someone please check my answers and help me with the diagrams. Thank you!
1. Assume you live on the Moon near the center of the face that looks toward Earth.
a. If you saw a full Earth in your sky, what phase of the Moon would people on Earth see? Draw a diagram.
New Moon
b. If people on Earth saw a full moon, what phase would you see for Earth? Draw a diagram.
New Earth
c. If people on Earth saw a waning gibbous moon, what phase would you see for Earth? Draw a diagram.
Wanning Cresent
d. If people on Earth were viewing a total lunar eclipse, what would you see from your home on the Moon? Draw a diagram.
Total lunar eclipse
Explanation / Answer
a) New Moon because the alignment would be Sun, Moon, Earth in a line, therefore the side of the Moon facing the Earth would not be lit by the Sun.
b) New Earth because the alignment would be Sun, Earth, Moon in a line, therefore the side of the Earth facing the Moon would not be lit by the Sun.
c) Waning crescent Earth because as the Moon becomes more illuminated by the Sun as viewed from Earth (i.e. waxing) the view of the Earth from the Moon would become less illuminated (i.e. waning) by the Sun. Since the Moon is mostly lit at the gibbous Moon phase (i.e. the Moon is behind the Earth with respect to the Sun), the view of Earth from the Moon would only observe a crescent Earth.
d) A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth’s shadow is blocking sunlight from reaching the Moon, therefore the Moon would be experiencing a solar eclipse.
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