the moon goes through its 29.5-day cycle of phases because it orbits the sun even as the sun orbits the earth the constellations visible overhead at a given time change through the year because the earth orbits the sun during its winter, Albuquerque's daylight (dawn-to-dusk) is less than 12 hours long the constellations appear to rise and set every day because, like the sun, they orbit the earth looking from earth, we can see only one side of the moon - for the simple reason that the moon spins on its axis at the very same rate it orbits earth (blame tides
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through its 29.5-day cycle of phases because it orbits the sun even as the sun orbits the earth the constellations visible overhead at a given time change through the year
less than 12 hours long
from earth
the sun
the earth looking from earth
earth
T:at the very same rate it orbits earth (blame tides
only one side of the moon
T:every day because, like the sun, they orbit the earth looking from earth, we can see only one side of the moon - for the simple reason
the sun T:during its winter