Like the Earth, half of the Moon faces towards the Sun, and half faces away from it. As the Moon orbits the Earth, we see it from different angles. We see different amounts of the lit and dark ...

Lunar phases coincide with different gravitational lineups of the Moon, Sun, and Earth. There is also good ... and two daily low tides when places are between them.

But by the next morning, you'd begin to realize just how important the moon is for life on Earth. To start, between the sun, Earth's rotation ... hottest and coldest places on Earth could grow ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon ... That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon will be the Flower ...

As the moon orbits Earth, the sun illuminates different parts of the lunar surface ... Samantha enjoys traveling to new places and taking photos! You can follow her on Twitter @Sam_Ashley13.

From weeping trees to teeth stronger than Kevlar, senior curator Dr Tom White sheds some light on a few of the fascinating, unnoticed ways the Moon shapes the course of life on Earth. 'The Moon has ...