Phases and Motions of the Moon

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  • čas přidán 15. 02. 2018
  • We take a look at how the Moon appears to go through phases over the course of about a month. Portions of this video were made possible through the use of Stellarium (www.stellarium.org/) and animations from NASA's Science Vizualization Studio (svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/)
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Komentáře • 281

  • @roypeaslee1305
    @roypeaslee1305 Před rokem +6

    The appearance and disappearance of the moon has boggled my mind for years and in just 15 minutes you have clarified for me everything about the phases of the moon. Thank you.

  • @ShineMetallicaDown
    @ShineMetallicaDown Před 4 lety +46

    This is mind-blowing! Thank you for this presentation. I am watching it over and over again.

  • @asdfjkl12345
    @asdfjkl12345 Před rokem +5

    This is great, especially the final software view. That helps me understand the phases of the moon a lot better. Thank you!

  • @azevedojeff
    @azevedojeff Před 3 lety +7

    This seriously deserves an award. Many thanks sir.

  • @XloH911
    @XloH911 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Wow this is an incredible video. Thank you so much for explaining and visualising all the phases, especially the synodic vs sidereal.

  • @dmbsaxboyz
    @dmbsaxboyz Před 3 lety +3

    Exactly what I was hoping to find!

  • @33goldengirl
    @33goldengirl Před 3 lety +2

    This video is amazing! Thank you so much!

  • @ahotdj07
    @ahotdj07 Před 6 měsíci

    This video was so helpful in understanding the moon phases. Excellent work.

  • @devildoc492
    @devildoc492 Před 4 měsíci

    Excellent...thank you for making this process easier to understand.!!

  • @stevevonrock2416
    @stevevonrock2416 Před rokem

    awesome video, i will have to save and watch a few more times to get a full grip on your explanation. well done .thanks for some quality education

  • @user-be5jr3cx8r
    @user-be5jr3cx8r Před měsícem

    This was an excellent video showing and explaining the phases of the moon and what we are seeing...thank you for this content!❤

  • @teeyox
    @teeyox Před 2 lety +1

    very clear explanation, thanks for the video!

  • @trishka1966
    @trishka1966 Před 4 lety +5

    I’m in love with this video! Thank you for your clear and full explanation AND the great models and videos of the sun and moon. I understand so much more!

  • @shannonestep5506
    @shannonestep5506 Před 4 měsíci

    The visual storytelling in this video was truly exceptional. The attention to detail in showcasing the transitions from the waxing crescent to the full moon and then to the waning crescent was simply breathtaking.

  • @yogeshkapila1179
    @yogeshkapila1179 Před 3 lety +2

    A superb video! Thank you so much for putting it through :)

  • @Pianist7137Gaming
    @Pianist7137Gaming Před rokem +1

    That actual footage is priceless educational material! Was just curious about phases of the moon and searched it up, there is no clearer explanation out there!
    I like how at such a high speed timelapse it ACTUALLY looks like we're spinning instead of the sun going around the earth😂

  • @abdullahalmosalami2373
    @abdullahalmosalami2373 Před 2 měsíci

    Extremely helpful visualizations. Wonderful talk. Thank you sir!

  • @crockerrange147
    @crockerrange147 Před 2 lety

    Many thanks, very helpful to understand the phases of the Moon

  • @classicamedia
    @classicamedia Před 9 měsíci

    Wow!!! I have been curious and watched a lot of documentation but did not how moon revolve nor rotate around the earth but this explained it more and more for ...kudos bro. I commend you.. Thanks so much I got a better understanding of it now...

  • @MarkCoatesKwadrin
    @MarkCoatesKwadrin Před 4 měsíci +2

    Wonderful, thank you. Really helped our daughter ahead of a test later in the week.

  • @raoulantheunis9179
    @raoulantheunis9179 Před 2 měsíci

    you explained it very simply and clearly, thanks

  • @eenayeah
    @eenayeah Před 8 měsíci

    Excellent video!! Brilliant explanation! Thank you!

  • @Mesa3077Boogie
    @Mesa3077Boogie Před 2 lety +7

    The best most understandable demonstration yet! Thanks

  • @jagadeeshpadi1482
    @jagadeeshpadi1482 Před 4 lety +9

    Such a nice presentation.... Keep posting these kind of informative stuff.....Thank you!!

  • @YuikoYui
    @YuikoYui Před 3 lety +1

    the sun-set was so pretty and all this info is really good for my class its cool and fun to watch.

  • @XanderBudnick
    @XanderBudnick Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you. This was so helpful and exactly what I was looking for

  • @diganta2329
    @diganta2329 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Excellent demonstration!

  • @-o-1793
    @-o-1793 Před rokem +3

    This is what I call quality content. "No Gibberish", "No none sense word play to sound smart" but approaching the entire situation with careful analytical perspective and dissecting it properly. Superb !!!

  • @williamramey1959
    @williamramey1959 Před rokem

    A great explanation of the movement of our bright and wonderful Moon. I tell people that if you were on the Moon, you would see a "night and day" (one axial rotation) on the Moon in about 27.3
    Earth days, whereas on Earth, a "night and day" (one axial rotation) is within 24 hours. Thank you again for your clear explanations.

  • @devp2008
    @devp2008 Před rokem

    Wonderful ! Very educational for both adults and kids :) thank you 🙏 ❤

  • @jandunn169
    @jandunn169 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Wow finally someone, YOU, explained this with images so I can understand what is actually going on. I am very curious what differences there are in the Southern hemisphere and how the light of the moon at different phases may or may not affect the growth of plants.

  • @jimmyispromo
    @jimmyispromo Před měsícem

    Finally! The answers i was looking for

  • @alejandrobernalperdomo9118

    That was a really good explanation about the phases of the moon, i didn’t know we always look at the same side of the moon. So that was something new, the use of the animations were so good to understand better what’s is really going on, thank you sr, and it could be a nice theme of conversation. Keep doing well.

    • @luisa.torres8333
      @luisa.torres8333 Před 3 lety

      Dude where were you at not knowing the moon was always facing one side?

  • @zack_120
    @zack_120 Před 2 lety

    The best demonstration of moon phases graphically 👍👍
    By the way, it is this simple, roughly: the 1st half of the lunar cycle is when the moon chases the sun (closer and closer), whereas the 2nd half is the opposite: the sun chases the moon. When the sun catch up the moon, then a new cycle begins ... Wondering how it is different millions of years ago.

  • @khadijadhroliashakir1863
    @khadijadhroliashakir1863 Před měsícem

    Amazing explanation of the topic 👍

  • @HenryLascelles
    @HenryLascelles Před 3 lety +1

    FINALLY I fully understand! Now I see why I only observe crescent moons near the horizon at night and why the moon is often visible in the day. Awesome, thanks!!!

    • @LaunchPadAstronomy
      @LaunchPadAstronomy  Před 3 lety

      Excellent, I'm glad it helped!

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth Před 3 měsíci

      6/12/6/12
      .........Midnight
      18/6pm 🜨 06/6am
      .............Noon
      (Give or take 3 hrs)
      1: Rise
      2: Zenith
      3: Set
      New moon 🌑
      3🜨1
      .. 2
      Waxing quarter 🌓D
      ...3
      2🜨
      ...1
      Full moon 🌕
      ...2
      1🜨3
      Waning quarter 🌗C
      1
      🜨2
      3

  • @daviamurray
    @daviamurray Před 2 lety +1

    Very informative thank you!

  • @Dm5messerly
    @Dm5messerly Před rokem

    Amazing video!

  • @chryscollins5933
    @chryscollins5933 Před 3 lety +1

    Oh my god this video is so freakin good

  • @janmangu399
    @janmangu399 Před 27 dny

    Thank you so much for your work. This question was bugging me for a week now how moon transition between phases and you explained it nicely with animations.

  • @esminson
    @esminson Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you. I’ve never seen this so clearly. Sort of blew my mind I didn’t know this. 😞😊

  • @stewie_
    @stewie_ Před 2 lety

    Amazing explained. I suppose the waxing and waning angle is influenced by seasons.

  • @sandyk3128
    @sandyk3128 Před rokem

    Excellent presentation

  • @awwalborodo9062
    @awwalborodo9062 Před 7 měsíci

    Superb and educating video

  • @nasirabbasj
    @nasirabbasj Před 3 lety

    Excellent

  • @sahibabegum8464
    @sahibabegum8464 Před rokem +1

    Soooo fascinating

  • @rdlv3385
    @rdlv3385 Před rokem +1

    Great Video!

  • @freemanbill4851
    @freemanbill4851 Před 3 lety +4

    it is cartwheeling clockwise in the N Hemi

    • @amunyemme
      @amunyemme Před 3 lety +1

      💯💯

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth Před 3 měsíci

      It's moving counter clockwise to everyone on earth, it's only because of earths rotation towards the east that makes it seem like it is moving from east to west.

  • @igreeuropa
    @igreeuropa Před rokem +1

    i love learning about moon

  • @antares3097
    @antares3097 Před 5 měsíci +1

    ...👍 ' great video.

  • @MA4TU2
    @MA4TU2 Před 3 lety +2

    Great teacher!

  • @user-jm8no6fl6s
    @user-jm8no6fl6s Před rokem +1

    Nice explanation

  • @Azn_flame
    @Azn_flame Před 2 lety

    Hello there! I have a quick question, im making a video for a school project and i want to use a clip from your video. I won't post this video on youtube or anything like that and i will give you full credit, would this be ok?

  • @navneet3650
    @navneet3650 Před 4 lety +19

    one of the best videos/explanations available online, too less views and likes for such a great quality video!

    • @davidhaupt1
      @davidhaupt1 Před 4 lety

      navneet Kumar I totally agree with you

  • @user-cl7gn8th7x
    @user-cl7gn8th7x Před rokem

    Thanks for your help and support for the best way to get the best way

  • @the3brownis
    @the3brownis Před 3 lety

    brilliant explanation along with nice graphics/footage for visualisation!

  • @lindayu6585
    @lindayu6585 Před rokem +2

    This video should be used in science classes. Awesome job!

  • @davidhaupt1
    @davidhaupt1 Před 4 lety +2

    Excellent illustration and easily understood. Very informative

  • @Mr45Rabbit
    @Mr45Rabbit Před 4 lety +3

    Oooooooo good job I need this for meh exam tom and u good at explaining at this and Tysm :>

  • @yuyo350
    @yuyo350 Před 4 lety +1

    Well done. You just did a great job at teaching there, really appreciate it. Thanks, I'm kind of mind blown right now...

  • @petegriffin8149
    @petegriffin8149 Před rokem +1

    I thought the graphics/animate models you used very helpful and easy to follow.
    This all helps make astronomy fun and easily digested, which is paramount to making folks realise that EVERYONE is or can be excited about space and astronomy..👍😃👍

  • @Babayaga-pf5dt
    @Babayaga-pf5dt Před 4 měsíci +1

    The best. ‘Nuff said.

  • @bradjolly7078
    @bradjolly7078 Před 3 lety +1

    I’m 44 years old and as I saw the crescent moon tonight I began to question again what I thought I understood as to why the moon has its phases. Thank you for your video as it has clarified a lot for me.

  • @angeepogosian934
    @angeepogosian934 Před 3 lety

    So helpful! Thank you so much!

  • @theultimatefactchannel6444

    this really needed for my school project im from allen

  • @ShortsStockton
    @ShortsStockton Před 3 lety +1

    Hometown of Baltimore 🔥🔥🔥

  • @charlesgagne8638
    @charlesgagne8638 Před 2 lety +1

    Shalom! Thanks for the video...

  • @rochellesumeray4213
    @rochellesumeray4213 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this wonderful video presentation which took some designing. Fab.

  • @kanchankumari540
    @kanchankumari540 Před 3 lety

    One of the best knowledgeable video... I have ever seen...Thanks a lot for making this and try to make another also related universe system...please

  • @abhisheksingh-yp7zh
    @abhisheksingh-yp7zh Před 4 lety +2

    Really great sir

  • @CarsynKimrey
    @CarsynKimrey Před 3 lety

    This helps whit my school thanks

  • @LAPCoins
    @LAPCoins Před 3 lety

    GREAT video very helpful

  • @stanleynaing3478
    @stanleynaing3478 Před 3 lety

    Wow best documentary video that ever seen and thanks for he good work........

  • @chaybag
    @chaybag Před 2 lety +2

    Can anyone explain to me at 13:53 before sunrise why the dark side of the moon is in the bottom right. Shouldn’t it be in the top right as the sun is still under the horizon.
    I noticed the exact same thing this morning before sunrise.
    Same question at 12:38. Seems the dark side of the moon is not where it should be based on where the sun is?

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 Před rokem

      And clearly, your interpretation of what you're observing is wrong.

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth Před 3 měsíci

      Because it's a waning gibbous after full moon. Remember xDOCx, x is new moon, waxing quarter is a D 🌓, waning quarter is a C 🌗 which before hand is 🌖 and before that is 🌕. Because the sunny side is shifting away from our view.
      x
      D
      O
      C
      x
      🌑
      🌓
      🌕
      🌗
      🌑
      So what you're referring to is the first one to the right of the full moon here:
      🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑
      🌑
      🌒
      🌓
      🌔
      🌕
      🌖
      🌗
      🌘
      🌑
      Full moon sets around sunrise and rises around sunset.
      6/12/6/12
      .........Midnight
      18/6pm 🜨 06/6am
      .............Noon
      (Give or take 3 hrs)
      1: Rise
      2: Zenith
      3: Set
      New moon 🌑
      3🜨1
      .. 2
      Waxing quarter 🌓D
      ...3
      2🜨
      ...1
      Full moon 🌕
      ...2
      1🜨3
      Waning quarter 🌗C
      1
      🜨2
      3

  • @urgarbagekid9589
    @urgarbagekid9589 Před 4 lety

    there are near and far sides of the moon, the near sides have dark spots on the moon while the far sides have highland regions the moon also has a synchronus rotation the far side is hidden from our view from earth we can also only see a portion of the moon. Moon phases depend on where the moon is with respect to the sun in space. The moon takes about a month to orbit the Earth. Although the moon rises in the east and sets in the west each day (due to Earth’s spin), it’s also moving on the sky’s dome each day due to its own motion in orbit around Earth. The moon’s orbital motion is toward the east. Each day, as the moon moves another 12 to 13 degrees toward the east on the sky’s dome, Earth has to rotate a little longer to bring you around to where the moon is in space.

  • @DenaTheDoula
    @DenaTheDoula Před 2 lety

    At about 4 minutes into the video, you show two sets of moons; one set small inside and one larger set out the outside. The inside set are highlighted with yellow. What does this set represent? It is confusing to me. Thanks!

    • @LaunchPadAstronomy
      @LaunchPadAstronomy  Před 2 lety

      The inside set shows how the far side (which I colored gold) always faces away from Earth while the near side (which I left uncolored) always faces Earth at all times in its orbit.
      The outer set shows the phases of the Moon as seen from Earth.

  • @Jimmy_Johns
    @Jimmy_Johns Před 22 dny

    You have finally solved a question I had since I was a kid: Why sometimes can I see the moon during the day? My parents used to say that it was just an ilusion haha that the light somehow bounced or something 😂 Thank you so much!

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 Před 17 dny

      Isn't it amazing how many people have ignorant fools for parents.

  • @adfr909
    @adfr909 Před 9 měsíci

    Makes it very clear why we see only one side.

  • @-curekiki
    @-curekiki Před 3 lety +1

    Nice! 👍

  • @sailorman8668
    @sailorman8668 Před rokem +9

    If a half moon should actually be referred to as a 'quarter moon', then why isn't a full moon actually referred to as a 'half moon'?

    • @clightning300mi
      @clightning300mi Před rokem +4

      To confuse the sheeple

    • @michael.forkert
      @michael.forkert Před 8 měsíci

      @@clightning300mi_Exactly!_

    • @michael.forkert
      @michael.forkert Před 8 měsíci

      @@clightning300mi _the only living being affected by man made pseudoscientific laws is mankind itself._ _nature doesn’t bother herself with perverted man made theories about the phases of the moon, and everything else._ _nature simply ignores all those pseudoscientific self anointed intellectuals, and continues her path as it always has been, and as it always will be._

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 Před 6 měsíci

      @@michael.forkert Speaking of gullible 'sheeple', that would be all these naive and easily fooled flat earth believing clowns, right?

    • @usa-1174
      @usa-1174 Před 2 měsíci

      Just like Earth, the moon is always half illuminated. But depending where it's at in it's orbit determines how we see it.

  • @CertifiedIkariShinji
    @CertifiedIkariShinji Před 2 lety

    thanks for letting me know i had to figure why the moon does that and in animal crossing the moon does that

  • @johnbremner4154
    @johnbremner4154 Před 3 lety

    Best explanation I’ve seen. But explain, please, why the full moon bring the highest tide? Because we know that the moon is always there, even when it’s got phases that we see, so it’s not as if the gravitational force on the seas changes.

    • @LaunchPadAstronomy
      @LaunchPadAstronomy  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks! The tides are strongest at both full and new phases because the Sun's tidal forces add to the Moon's. I talk about that in a little more detail here: czcams.com/video/1DqsvRrzL-c/video.html

    • @johnbremner4154
      @johnbremner4154 Před 3 lety

      @@LaunchPadAstronomy Thanks a lot for that. It’s something I’ve never understood and no other astronomers have been able or willing to attempt an answer...

  • @robertjan002
    @robertjan002 Před 3 měsíci

    Is “light gradually be added to the face of the moon” or do we just see “snapshots” without a gradual increase of light area?

  • @scottfillius6979
    @scottfillius6979 Před 4 lety +7

    Thanks I need this for my test that’s tomorrow

  • @ruskinyruskiny1611
    @ruskinyruskiny1611 Před 5 lety +2

    Marvellous

  • @mason7028
    @mason7028 Před 3 lety +1

    I still cant figure out why you put East at left and West at the right?

    • @LaunchPadAstronomy
      @LaunchPadAstronomy  Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah, it's a little confusing at first, but try this out: Go outside and face south. North is behind you, East is to your left and West is to your right. Now look up at the sky. Which way is East?

    • @mason7028
      @mason7028 Před 3 lety +2

      @@LaunchPadAstronomy makes sense, thanks for your reply.

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth Před 3 měsíci

      Because in the northern hemisphere the ecliptic, and so therefore the sun, is always more south, especially in the winter when the north pole is titled away from the sun (so therefore the ecliptic and sun is lower on thr north hemisphere horizon). Look for Orions feet to find south.
      Facing south, west is right and east is left.

  • @KDCMK22
    @KDCMK22 Před 2 lety +2

    Anyone noticed over the course of a month the dark "pac man" shape on the moon actually faces the opposite way?

    • @swhitham
      @swhitham Před 2 lety +1

      Yes!!! unfortunately, he doesn't address this though.

  • @mateovera2831
    @mateovera2831 Před 4 lety

    In this video I learned that we only can see one side of the Moon from Earth. Also the near side is darker then the far side. I didn't know the same side of the moon faces the Earth the entire time it rotates. The illustration helped me have a better understanding of the Moon rotating around Earth.

  • @jurikurthambarskjelfir3533

    The ancients used a lunisolar calendar. Whenever the full moon ended, a new month began. As I type this, the moon is no longer full, and December has ended in the lunarsolar calendar.

  • @mrsargemeister
    @mrsargemeister Před měsícem

    Can someone kindly explain how is it that the earth does not block the moon from being illuminated on the full moon phase? On the illustrations it appears that the moon should be in Earth's shadow during the full moon phase. Thanks for your help!

    • @kitcanyon658
      @kitcanyon658 Před měsícem

      Because the moons orbital plane is tilted about 5degrees.

  • @aydaaajellal8721
    @aydaaajellal8721 Před 4 lety

    Thank you 🙏 I have a test tomorrow

  • @user-xb1eb9ji8t
    @user-xb1eb9ji8t Před 4 měsíci

    If I was standing on the moon would it be true that during the 27.3 day orbit around the earth i would be in almost complete darkness for approximately 6.8 days and in almost complete light for the same time for each of the orbits around earth

  • @fortun8diamond
    @fortun8diamond Před 3 lety

    Great demo. Misconceptions on the moon's tilt angle: from the hemispheres, the moon appears to be facing right or left when it is highest in the sky. Near the horizon, it seems to be facing towards the western horizon during waxing phases and towards the eastern horizon during the waning. At the equator, it doesn't; really matter the moon angle, just know that the lit side faces towards the sun, and facing the horizon depending on how close the moon is to the sun.

  • @user-be5jr3cx8r
    @user-be5jr3cx8r Před měsícem

    So what I'm seeing is there as an eclipse once a month during the new moon phase

    • @kitcanyon658
      @kitcanyon658 Před měsícem

      No because the plane of the moons orbit is tilted. That’s why we don’t have an eclipse every month.

  • @tomcat4285
    @tomcat4285 Před 3 lety

    the best !

  • @roxannatrahan6083
    @roxannatrahan6083 Před 3 lety

    🤯

  • @chryscollins5933
    @chryscollins5933 Před 3 lety

    Oh

  • @katelynn2002
    @katelynn2002 Před 4 lety +1

    During the phases of the moon we only see the same side which is the near side. The near side has dark spots and regions known as moiré and the far side is dominated with Highland regions. The rotation. Is exactly equal to its orbital period called Synchronous Rotation. When adding sunlight to the moon it’s called waxing (waxing crescent, first quarter and waxing gibbous). When removing sunlight from the moon it’s called waning (waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent). It takes about a “month” to orbit completely. A Sidereal month is 27.3 days and is one Full revolution with respect to the fixed stars. A Synodic (Solar) month is 29.5 days and is one form revolution with respect to the sun to return to the same phase. *This is my homework for my science class! *

  • @richardhowe4140
    @richardhowe4140 Před 3 lety +1

    I don't get it..I am going to try and find another video that I can understand..I know the moon completes some kind of 23 year cycle then another cycle every hundreds of thousands of years..

  • @clightning300mi
    @clightning300mi Před rokem +1

    Why is the new moon invisible when we see the thin crescent . Earth should reflect off of the moon?

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth Před 3 měsíci

      What? How can earth reflect it's shadow towards the sun if the sun is what casts the light?
      On a new moon/dark moon, the moon is in between the earth and sun. On a waxing crescent 🌒 (like a letter D. If x is new moon it goes xDOCx, so remember DOC), the moon slightly shifted so some of the sun light now shines on the part we see. It's still generally between us and the sun until it's at a 90° angle on quarter/half moons (hence neap tides).
      The earth shadow gets casted in the opposite direction of the sun, not towards the sun