Moon Orbits Earth Animation

The Moon orbits Earth from a viewpoint above the North Pole in this animation. The blue gridlines show how the same side of the Moon always faces Earth. Not to scale.

Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

[misepar]

the orbit of the moon is not circular as seen in the animation but elliptical

[DhandeepLodaya]

This is by far the most accurate animation for earth moon (with sunlight) to teach phases of the moon and how moon rises and sets.

(this excludes Libration and other advanced concepts, which are not relevant for the phases). i got a much better understanding on first watching the full video and then pausing it and imagining myself at 7PM, 10 PM etc and how the moon looks like from different angles.

Thank you.

[griffintroster]

I just watched an animation video where it showed that the moon´s plane of orbit changes over time and yet according to this video it just retraces the same path. Which is correct?

[augnorabia]

This is great, but it would be even better if you used a 3D isometric view. Because the tilt of the moon's orbit will be clearly visible. If you use the top down view like this, maybe some people will think that eclipses can occur every month 😊

[mahipal]

I still don't get it when they say that one side of the Moon is always in dark for anyone to see from the Earth?

[marcwesleylimboy]

2 years ago but
Some planet that had 2 or more moons, how it came with orbiting the earth with more moons? It will be forced to orbitone by one

[Nexus-.]

I just read on Google that the moon's orbit around the Earth is elliptical. I see a circle in the video? Somebody help!

[rykerazbell]

I just dont understand the moons spin, it looks static but because of like sync its actually spinning on its axis, can someone dumb this down for me?

[JulianOlsen-np]

Why isn't the moon rotating on its axis?

[Outdoorcookwarereviews]

Serious flaws in current theories on the moons rotation mechanics.

[markstott]

This is not possible if the earth rotated that quickly as shown here the countries experiencing night time would not see a moon for consecutive nights… but we’re only experiencing a moonless night once a month?

[questfortruth]

😂😂😂 this does not in any way show the full moon Just before Dawn while the sun is still in the sky nor does it show and almost full moon being visible during the day 🤦🏾‍♂️ epic failure because we don't live on a globe!!!

[TopperZen]

Lol 🤡 The moon will soon be known as the great Globe-Debunker 😅 (And no, I'm not a FlatEarther)