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The rate at which the lit portion of the moon moves per hour changes with latitude. The formula for finding the average rate of rotation per hour is: 15°cos(latitude). At the equator the equation would be 15°cos(0°)= 15° per hour.
The rotational surface speed at the equator is approximately 1000 mph
The length of day & night are exactly 12 hours each. This never changes.
About 15 degrees per hour but depends on location and time of year. Most true on equator at equinoxes
Really? ... 8 MILES PER HOUR! The would travel EIGHT MILES IN AN HOUR!
It would take 353
the equator
At the equator you would have to be travelling at about 2,083 miles per hour.
because of the moons phases
The earth's circumference at the Equator is 24,902 miles. It makes a complete rotation in 24 hours, so divide the Equator's length by 24. The answer is that, at the Equator, the Earth rotates at 1,037 miles per hour.
Because the equator is closer to the sun year round
1,040 miles per hour (rounded)
At the equator, that's about the right answer. As you go north or south of the equator, the speed becomes lower and lower, and at the poles you are essentially spinning in place.
arc of the sun at the equator
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The rate at which the lit portion of the moon moves per hour changes with latitude. The formula for finding the average rate of rotation per hour is: 15°cos(latitude). At the equator the equation would be 15°cos(0°)= 15° per hour.
Escape velocity for the moon is a little over 5000 miles per hour. For the earth it is about 25,000 miles per hour. So the moon requires a fifth of the energy required to escape the earth.