36+ Moon Orbit Earth Background. The moon is rotating at the same rate that it revolves around earth (called synchronous. In that time, as our moon moves around earth, the earth also moves around the sun.
Moon, earth's sole natural satellite and nearest celestial body. To a much smaller extent, tides also occur in lakes, the atmosphere. The moon is rotating at the same rate that it revolves around earth (called synchronous.
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Cruithne from a stationary earth position. The moon does not make its own light, it only reflects it. The moon's gravity pulls at the earth, causing predictable rises and falls in sea levels known as tides. To a much smaller extent, tides also occur in lakes, the atmosphere.