Why is there a far side of the moon, and why is it so unfamiliar? Read More: Our Moon on Earth The moon is always spinning. It rotates around its axis, and it revolves around Earth. But despite that, ...
If the earth's axis were perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, and if the earth and moon revolved in circular orbits at uniform velocities around their respective centers of motion in that ...
A supermoon can only occur at perigee-syzygy, when the moon is full and at perigee simultaneously. This is rare because as the Earth revolves around the sun. the moon's orientation to Earth stays ...