Why is there no water on the moon?
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There may actually be some water on the moon, but it would have to be in the form of ice crystals to have survived.\n\nThe Moon has very little gravity, and it is insufficient to prevent water in liquid or vapour form from drifting off into space.\n\nCurrent theory has it that the Earth actually received much of its water from meteorite impact and, as such, the Moon should have received a similar amount of water. So, on this basis, the assumption that it is due to a lack of constituent parts (hydrogen and oxygen) is incorrect.\n\nThe NASA weblink below gives more details.
92823
how are you supposed to swim on the moon? what about snowboard? i think it is pretty hard to do sports without much gravity.
335545
Because when it's closer to the horizon, we have other objects (trees, houses, or even mountains) to compare it to, and the moon (or sun) looks very large, taking up 2% of the horizon.\n\nWhen it's farther up in the sky, there's nothing around it, so it tend to disappear in all that empty space.  Even though it still takes up 2% of any given arc, there are wide open arcs to the right, to the left, to the top and to the bottom of the moon that are totally devoid of objects.  Relative to all that open sky, it doesn't look so big.
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Our moon is locked in what is known as a geo-synchronous orbit. For millions of years the angular momentum has stablized the moon to provide very little loss of energy between earth and moon. This does not account for the influences that the moon has upon our oceans though. (Tides) Our solar system has "moved about" for many millions of years to allow for efficient energy transfers between baryonic masses.  This is not unlike a person who sit's in a chair and move's about to become more comfortable.  Peace
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Neither.  Considering there is still a WHOLE lot of gravity on the moon compared to other places, it would most likely stay on the ground, but it would not get absorbed.  The pull of Earth would keep it there on the surface.  It could freeze or boil, depending on the time you are on the moon and where you are on it.
994691
The sea and large bodies of water are under the influence of gravity from the moon
654391
I just read this in the news on Space.com in the last couple of days.  Got some good science on it, plus it has the advantage of being reasonably inexpensive, and if they do not find water at the polar regions, at least we can put plenty of it there when we do send our astronauts to the moon in the next decade.
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The Moon does not produce any heat on its own.  The temperature on the surface is dependent upon the amount of sunlight it is receiving at that time.  There is no known water on the Moon so it is very much affected by hydrostatic electricty; much as we are on a day with very low humidity.  Hence the surface particles tend to stand apart creating microfissures which absorb sunlight resulting in a rather low reflectivity even tho the Moon appears bright.  Under other conditions it could be even brighter.
556041
Well I do know that statistically speaking, there are more births during the full moon than at any other time of the month.  Additionally, a friend of mine assures me that the people at her work always act a bit strange on the full moon.  However, I doubt it has anything specifically to do with water.  Everything on Earth experiences the gravity shift - it's just that water in the ocean is more free to react, being a liquid.  My guess is that it's a subconscious reaction to the change in gravity - our bodies do a lot of things without our knowledge.
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It's quite simple... it's either too hot or too cold.  Some planets and moons do have signs of ice, or ice which was there at some point in time.  Certainly somewhere outside of our solar system exists a planet with abundant water, but we've yet to discover such a place.
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There is a bulge of water on the side of the earth facing the moon because of lunar gravity. The previous explinations for the second bulge (on the opposite side of the moon) are incorrect.  The mass of the earth is constantly accelerating toward the moon, as they orbit eachother.  The smaller second bulge is a result of the earth accelerating away from the water, toward the moon
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The Moon is spherical, so of course half of it's hidden all the time. The Moon's in a tidally locked orbit as well, so the same face is always towards Earth; 44 percent of the Moon's surface can never be seen from Earth.\n\nBut I don't think that's what you were asking. I think you were asking why the Moon looks like a sliver. It's also simple: the Moon is lit by sunlight. You will notice the bright part of the Moon ALWAYS, without exception, points at the Sun. (Sometimes you can faintly see the side away from the Sun; this faint illumination is sunlight bouncing off Earth's clouds and feebly illuminating the Moon through radiosity.)\n\nTo demonstrate the phases of the moon, get a ball and a lamp in a darkened room. Hold up the ball in front of you and turn around. Notice the phases of the ball, just like the Moon.
969708
The moon is a very peaceful world...  Of course, there isn't anything alive on it...  So to me world peace - since most life lives at some level of competition - means the absence of life.  Hence, the dead are expected to rest in peace...
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The moon's light is actually just a reflection.  The surface of the moon reflects the suns light.  That is why you can have half moons, quarter moons, etc.  The moon itself doesn't produce any light.
817223
Maybe because the sea is so big, very big, unimaginably big that we don't know as much about the oceans as we do about the surface of the Moon. There is so much we don't know about the sea because we are not designed for this environment
751975
Oh yeah, would it ever. Think about all the things the moon affects, everything womens menstration to the tides, if we didnt have a moon all of that would get out of balance. Think about all the organisms that live on the tide line, the ones that need both the air and the water there, how many animals count on that cycle just to live. Also alot of migratory paterns of animals depend on the moon as well. Thats a little off topic, but yeah the moon not being there would totaly screw up weather too!
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Airplanes depend on air for their lift. The atmosphere ends well short of the moon.