2025年3月17日 · The Moon is an average of 238,855 miles away from Earth, which is about 30 Earths away. You might be surprised. Often when we see drawings of the Earth and the Moon, they look really close together.

2025年3月25日 · Earth has just one moon – a rocky, cratered place, roughly a quarter the size of Earth and an average of 238,855 miles away. The Moon can be seen with the naked eye most nights as it traces its 27-day orbit around our planet.

2024年3月29日 · The Sun is completely blocked in a solar eclipse because the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun. Even though the Moon is much smaller than the Sun, because it is just the right distance away from Earth, the Moon can …

2021年7月23日 · Take a picture and show your friends and family how far apart the moon and Earth really are. Extra! Use nearby objects to remember how far 23 feet 9 inches is from the basketball.

2025年3月17日 · Compared with how far away the Sun is, this change in Earth's distance throughout the year does not make much difference to our weather. There is a different reason for Earth's seasons. Earth's axis is an imaginary pole going right through the center of Earth from "top" to "bottom."

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2024年4月8日 · The Moon can be behind Earth but still get hit by light from the Sun. In this diagram, you can see that the Moon’s orbit around Earth is at a tilt. This is why we don’t get a lunar eclipse every month.

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2025年3月25日 · The sun, Earth, and all of the planets in the solar system orbit around this barycenter. It is the center of mass of every object in the solar system combined. Our solar system’s barycenter constantly changes position.