how does the moon effect the weather?
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The forces that the moon produces on the earth are very small. There is a periodic signal in barometric pressure corresponding to the atmospheric tide. However, my understanding is that there is no strong statistical evidence that tidal forcing has any effect on weather. It is possible that there is some subtle effect that might be uncovered, but it will not be easy. Even the effects of variations in the solar constant are not clearly seen in climate data.\n\n-----------\n\nAddendum: one does not need fancy equipment or satellites to measure the solid earth tide. It is a couple of feet, and it can be observed easy with accelerometers, and has been seen for decades.
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Weather satellites are used to collect basic data, such as temperature and moisture levels, which allows experts to predict weather to a reasonable extent. Past attempts to control weather have been largely unsuccessful and have centered mainly in trying to create rain.
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The moon's gravitational pull causes the waves to form.\n\nAnd those waves are what cause wind to be generated.
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The affect of the barometric pressure associated with storms and wind, the moon's effect on tides, all seem to have some unknown effect on mental health.   Only Mother Nature knows why.
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As others mentioned, the moon has no atmosphere of its own for weather patterns to develop. \n\nThe only wind the moon (or Earth) experiences is the Solar wind.  The solar wind consists of highly energy ions in the form of a plasma.  While the solar wind can effect radio signals and such, it isn't going to do anything to Neil Armstrong's footprints.\n\nThe only thing that truly disturbs the moon surface is impacts by meteorites.  This is evident by the many craters we can see.
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yes it would affect the earth because it would disrupt our tides and all of our weather would either become very extreme or nonexistent also we wouldn't have a moon for any one else to visit and then we wouldn't be able to go to anywhere but the earth .
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Dust in the upper atmosphere of Earth can make the moon appear to be yellow or orange, even red. The effect is strongest when the moon is near the horizon.
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Ok, this is kind of a long answer, but bear with me.  First off, the night would be no darker than it currently is during a new moon.  Remember, the moon is only up at night half of the time.\n\nHowever, the consequences of Earth having no moon would be much more severe.  Life as we know it would probably die out.\n\nOur moon is actually fairly large compared to our planet...this is what causes the strong tides people experience living on the ocean.  This tidal force also causes a much more subtle effect known as "precession".\n\nEarth's seasons are entirely determined by it's "axial tilt", the amount that our axis of rotation is tipped to the axis of our orbit (it has absolutely nothing to do with Earth being closer or further form the Sun).  During summer in the northern hemisphere, that hemisphere is tipped towards the Sun, while the southern hemisphere is tipped away from the Sun...that's why it's winter there.\n\nNow, throughout its history, Earth has had a relatively steady 23.5 degree tilt, meaning that the seasons have always been roughly the same intensity.  As mentioned, the moon's tidal forces causes precession, meaning the rotation axis carves out a wobble 23.5 degrees in radius every 26,000 years.  It's kind of like a top spinning...not only does it spin quickly, but as it also slowly wobbles from the Earth gravity.  The direction of the rotation axis changes, but the magnitude of the angle doesn't change.\n\nSo, the moon has a steadying effect on our axial tilt...so what?  Well, without it, our axial tilt could vary a lot, being caused by changing tidal forces from Jupiter and the Sun.  There's good evidence to show that this is exactly what happened to Mars...it has no large moons, just a couple tiny captured asteroids which exert very little tidal force.   As a result, it seems that Mars has varied anywhere from 0 degrees axial tilt (no seasons) up to a 60 degree axial tilt (crazy intense seasons) caused by the tidal forces of the Sun and Jupiter.\n\nWith an axial tilt of 60 degrees, that means all locations northward of 30 degrees get 24 hours of sunshine in summer, and absolutely no sunshine in winter.  With such strong seasons, it's likely the oceans would evaporate off...this seems to be the case on Mars, where there is mounting evidence that there was once a large northern ocean that mysteriously disappeared.\n\nSo, Short Answer: The seasons will become incredibly intense, the oceans would evaporate off, and without liquid water, all life would die.
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you mean affect? \n\nI dont think the gravitational pull does much more, but I know plants and animals ( mostly underwater) use moonlight to do their photosynthesis, so the moon is not useless
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When the light from the sun hits the earth some of the light (The higher frequency or blue light) gets trapped or rather scattered by the smaller molecules in the atmosphere.  This scattering makes the sky blue because these particles reflect this blue light.\nAt night the light we are seeing is  the light of  the sun reflected off of the moon and it is much less intense.
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No Moon: Very Very Dark at night, The oceans would to move.\n\n2 Moons: Bright, the oceans and weather would be in chaos\n\n3 Moons: Probably chaotic unhevels major differences from now\n\nThe Moon affects everything on earth: From when planets bloom, the when the seasons change, to tidal movements, to Animal behavior, to cosmic catcher(the moon traps: 80% of all meoters inbound for earth)\n\nThe list is profounding\n\nGood question\n\nI added a few links to put it in science terms
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Here is a very simple and precise explanation with good illustrations\nhttp://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonorange/
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The sun radiates light, thus it is emitted all around it. The moon reflects light from the sun, thus only the area facing the sun will be light.
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Pressure changes affect the wind.  Temperature change determines whether it will rain or snow.
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For those who live in the Northern Hemisphere:\nThe Moon is waxing or waning based on whether the right side of the Moon is dark or light. \n\nThe Moon's lighted area increases over time from right to left. \n\nA good diagram of this can be found at: http://www.astro.umd.edu/education/astro/moon/waxing.gif\n\nFor those who live in the Southern Hemisphere the effect is the opposite.\n\nMore details can be found at: http://www.astro.umd.edu/education/astro/moon/phases.html
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No.\n\nThe distance between the Moon and the Sun is always changing.  Sometimes the Moon is between the Earth & the Sun, and sometimes it is on the other side of the Earth from the Sun.\n\nAll because the Moon is orbiting the Earth.
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Yes, and not only does it affect the land, it also affects everything else comprised of atoms, which is everything-Including You!!\nDepending on which side of the earth you are on, or which side you are closest to. If you are on the moon side then  you actually wiegh less because the earth and moon are both pulling on you, but in opposite directions, thus the moon diminishes the earths gravittional pull on you if even only by a tiny amount. If you are on the side opposite the moon, then the earth and moon have a combined pull, resulting in a stronger gravitational pull on you. \nAll mass has this same affect on all other mass, however it is more evident when there are large masses involved, such as the moon.\n\nHappy full moon.