How does the movement of the Moon around the Earth affect the Earth’s distance from the Sun?
September 19, 2020 | Education
| The center of mass of the Earth-Moon system moves in an elliptical orbit around the Sun. The center of the Earth will be either closer or further from the Sun than the center of mass.
On a full moon, the earth is closer to the sun, and on a new moon, farther from the sun than when the moon is in the first and last quarters.
