is it true that the lunar cycle is a cyle related to the moon?
344612
Well, since lunar means "moon", yes it's true.
790340
Beacause asit goes around the Earth it becomes closer and further away during its cycle.  The moon is in an oval orbit.\nhttp://stardate.org/nightsky/moon/
238896
The months are lunar (based on the moon) and a year is solar (based on the sun). The numbers are dependent on the revolution of the earth around the sun and the moon around the earth. \n\nIf you are referring to the fluctuating number of days in a month, the Romans did this in order to get the lunar and solar calendars to match. \n\nThe more intriguing question is: who thought up the weekly cycle?
892123
I don't know for sure, but I reckon it's mediated by the primitive men's hunting expeditions, which they would have to synchronize with the phases of the Moon. So the men would mostly be away hunting, except in new Moon. Those women whose ovulations were synchronized with the men's comings and goings would have a reproductive advantage. The synchronization can't of course be a conscious decision (unlike the men's decision to go out hunting), but it may have been brought about by male pheromones (or maybe it was the result of natural selection, given the reproductive advantage?)\nThis does not explain why different women ovulate at different times and have cycles of somewhat different lengths, but if women stay closely together for some time, their cycles do converge, I think.\nIn modern life, women are not in synch with the moon exactly, but that's probably because there is no longer the men's hunting cycle to keep everything in synch.\nThe near-equality of the female and lunar cycles is probably not just a coincidence.
956093
The lunar plane (the imaginary circle around the earth in which the moon revolves) is not in line with earth's view of the sun, hence solar eclipses, especially total solar eclipses, are rare events.\n\nBoth types of eclipses have comparative frequencies, but you're more likely to be able to see a lunar eclipse. The reason is, the earth's shadow is so much larger than the moon, and amost anyone on the night side of the earth will be able to see the lunar eclipse.\n\nCompare this to the shadow of the moon, which is really small when it falls on the earth, so only a limited number of people in a small area can see it.
1012920
Similar to circadian rhythms (daily rhythms), healthy women who are ovulating have another rhythm controlled by hormones-commonly known as their "period."  The cycle is about 28-days.  Interestingly enough, this about coincides with the cycle of the moon and there are animals which only mate during a full moon.  Although not proved, it is possible that somewhere in our evolutionary past, we had an ancestor who found that mating during a full moon improved its chances of survival.  Another theory is that the 28-day cycle prevents multiple pregnancies (i.e., multiple fertile eggs in the uterus) with multiple ages--something that could be harmful to the woman's and fetus's health.
962897
The moon is gorgeous. I love the moon. It is so mystical and romantic.
48487
Just a theory, but, the affect of the moon on the human body has been corilated with the affect of the moon on the oceans tides.  The theory states that the human body, being mostly water, responds to the same gravitational affect as the oceans.  The term Lunacy refers to the affect of the moon on a human.  Not sure if there is any hard evidence to sugest this may be an actual physical occurance, but thats the theory.
991387
The phases of the moon are due to the portion of the moon that is being iluminated by the sun. The phases vary according to the relative position of the moon, Earth and sun. The moon is always there but once a moths it becomes invivible, this phase is know as New moon (or Dark moon), it occurs when the Sun and the moon are on the same side; therefore the the "dark" side of the moon is facing Earth so it appears to be invicible.
655490
Actually, yes, there is such a thing as a lunar effect.  Statistically speaking things like crimes and strange phenomena build up around a full moon.  Some posit that this has to do with the fact that our bodies are made up of a high percentage of water.  Similar to the tidal effects, the moon's effect on the human body causes things to go wonky with us hormonally.
536496
When the light from the sun hits the moon, it is reflected to us which causes "Moonlight". This is the same light and source that allows us to see a bit of the shadows on the moon. \n\nThe suns and moons position in relation to one another is also what gives us the phases of the moon.  When the moon is directly opposite of the sun (with Earth not being directly in the line of sight) this gives us our full moon. \n\nIn short, there is only one type of light on the moon, the suns light hitting the moons surface.
704661
Yes. The moon is a satellite of the earth and it, along with all the other planets and moons in our planetary system go about  making up our solar system.\n\nSolar system meaning our planetary system rotating around our sun and our sun being referred to as sol, thus becomes our solar system. \n\nGood question, \n\nDarryl S.
873536
There is one full moon in a lunar month. When thre is 2full moons in a calendar mont it is called a blue moon. Hence the saying once in a blue moon, not very often.
1087183
The moon has a side that always faces us! That's not always filled with light though. That's why we have phases of the moon.
1106152
It does. It is often called by it's greek name "Luna".
167181
i don't see what you mean but this i can say about the moon. the night sky in australia is normally clear and i am fascinated when i see the moon through its cycle ; full moon, 1st quarter, last quarter and new moon. i am the one smiling not the moon. at new moon cycle i am the one frowning not the moon
180125
It looks from your question that you think there's a place where the moon is always overhead. This is not the case. On the other hand, if you are between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn, there will be times when the moon is directly overhead.