how soon before we feel the effect of the moon moving away from the earth? What can we expect?
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Well, just taking the rough slowing of the earth's rotation of about 1 second every 60,000 years, and extrapolating out to when it will be tidally locked with the moon (it will take about 40 day for us and the moon to turn around once at that point), seems to indicate that it will take about 200 billion years for us to be tidally locked with the Moon.  The sun will become a red gaint in another 5 billion years, so the chances of anyone on this planet being around to notice anything significant would be very, very slim.
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The moon goes around the earth faster than we go around the sun...
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There is something to this.  The net angular momentum of the Earth-Moon system is such that it is fairly stable to the small torques introduced by other planets.  For instance, the orientation of Mars' rotational axis is believed to have changed dramatically over time.  This is shown with numerical models. \n\nThe moon is moving farther away from the earth.  Angular momentum  is transfered by tides.  The tidal bulge of the Earth remains oriented towards the moon.  The earth rotates under this bulge and drags it forward a bit. The gravity of the bulge itself then pulls the moon ahead in its orbit some.  The net effect is the earth's rotation slows, and moon moves to a slightly larger orbit.\n\nAt some point, the Moon's orbital period will be the same length as the Earth's rotational period and the Earth and moon will be tidally locked to one another. \n\nRegardless, the entire system will still have a lot of angular momentum and the Earth will be fairly immune to significant changes to the obliquity of its rotation.
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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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The force would be 1/4 what it is now (since gravity follows an inverse-square of distance law). As it is, moon's gravity has next to no effect on our weight on earth, so weight change would be unnoticable. The main effect would be on the tides. Rather than being the primary determinant of tide height, as it is now, the moon would be a secondary influence and the sun would be the primary. This would reduce tidal heights by (very roughly) one half.
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sooner then we think.\n\nanytime. it could happen next month, next week, tomorrow, the next hour, or even maybe... now.\n\nbut it didnt.\n\nwhen the moon turns red, lightning and thunder be seen/heard across the world from east to the west.\nnot even the angels of Jesus Christ knows when.\n\nonly God...\n\nso we must be prepared. for He may come from teh clouds anymoment at all.\nand yea.
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When the moon is full, it is on the side of the Earth opposite the sun. It takes the moon about a month to go around the Earth once. So in the course of a single day, it remains in almost the same position.
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In order to show a measurable effect, the water bodies have to be really large in East-West expansion. Inland seas like the Baltic Sea have little discernible Lunar tide, less than a decimetre, and much less than "wind tides" which can easily change one metre.\n\nTides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon. The entire water body alters its surface in reaction to the pull, on a much larger scale than the ground does. (Yes, that's true: the ground reacts to the moon by slight lifting and falling, too.)\n\nThe more east-west-distance is available, the more water will contribute to the changed equilibrium. The farther away the shore is, the deeper the new curve of the surface will intersect with sea ground level.\n\nReally high tides occur in funnel-shaped sections of the coasts where the wave is contracted from the sides.
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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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We wouldn't know how fast the moon is moving away from Earth.
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Since the Earth rotates relative to the Moon in one lunar day (24 hours, 48 minutes), each of the two bulges travels around at that speed, leading to one high tide every 12 hours and 24 minutes. The theoretical amplitude of oceanic tides due to the Moon is about 54 cm at the highest point. This is the amplitude that would be reached if the ocean were uniform with no landmasses and Earth not rotating.\n\nThe Sun similarly causes tides, of which the theoretical amplitude is about 25 cm (46% of that of the Moon) and the cycle time is 12 hours.\n\nAt spring tide the two effects add to each other to a theoretical level of 79 cm, while at neap tide the theoretical level is reduced to 29 cm.\n\nReal amplitudes differ considerably, not only because of global topography as explained above, but also because the natural period of the oceans is in the same order of magnitude as the rotation period: about 30 hours. If there were no land masses and the ocean bottom were flat, it would take about 30 hours for a long wavelength gravity wave to propagate halfway around the Earth (by comparison, the natural period of the Earth's crust is about 57 minutes). This means that, if the Moon suddenly vanished, and there were no land, the level of the oceans would oscillate with a period of 30 hours with a slowly decreasing amplitude while dissipating the stored energy. This 30 hour value is a simple function of terrestrial gravity the average depth of the oceans, and the circumference of the Earth.\n\nThe distances of Earth from the Moon or the Sun vary, because the orbits are not circular, but elliptical. This causes a variation in the tidal force and theoretical amplitude of about ±18% for the Moon and ±5% for the Sun. So if both are in closest position and aligned, the theoretical amplitude would reach 93 cm.
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With or without stopping to ask for directions?\n\nIf the moon is (on average) 185,000 miles away and you drive 70 miles an hour, you'll get there in about 2600 hours, or somewhere around 110 days.\n\nRemember the moon is also moving, so you'll have to aim for the point in space where the moon will be when you get there ... and you'd better be going faster than 70 mph when you get there because the Moon won't wait up -- it's revolving around the Earth much faster than that.
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sure, you just have to leave earth.  the acceleration on the moon is about 1.6 m/s^2.  so you'd need to go somewhere slightly larger than the moon, but not quite as large as the moon.  perhaps mars?  aha, on mars it is 3.7 m/s^2.  close enough?\n\nhttp://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/MichaelRobbins.shtml\nhttp://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/JahshirahRossi.shtml
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About 93 million miles away from the sun, give or take...about the same as earth, since the moon orbits the earth.\n\nIf you mean, what is the APPARENT position of the moon in relation to the sun, as seen from earth, it varies all the time, from 0 degrees (as during a solar eclipse) to 180 degrees (a lunar eclipse).
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The date on which a certain phase of the moon will occur depends on your geographical location on earth!\nTo avoid miscommunication, astronomers use Universal Time (UT) for dates and times concerning astronomical phenomena.\nThe next new moon will occur on May 27th 5.26 hr Universal Time
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Oh, yes, I would love to go. Although I would be very nervous, I think that going to the moon would make me feel like I was a part of something bigger, in life. All we know, here, is the earth that we live on. To travel into space, and look back at the earth, would give me such an amazing feeling. I would feel very small, and yet, very large. It would be so beautiful to gain a new perspective on life...life here on earth, and life as it exists in the whole of reality. Space; time; life; tranquility.
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There will be deadly consequences, below is a website with more details:\n\nhttp://www.exitmundi.nl/moon.htm