Sunrise to sunset lapse... on the moon.

[Externet]

Is it around 360 earthly hours from dawn to dusk  or I have it wrong ?

[Janus]

It depends on your latitude and the time of year.  The Moon has a small axial tilt, so like the Earth, you can have shorter or longer periods of daylight vs night as you move towards the poles.  ~354 hrs is what you would get at the equator or on equinoxes.

[beecee]

16 hours ago, Janus said:

It depends on your latitude and the time of year.  The Moon has a small axial tilt, so like the Earth, you can have shorter or longer periods of daylight vs night as you move towards the poles.  ~354 hrs is what you would get at the equator or on equinoxes.

The absence of or very minimal axial tilt also suggests that areas at the poles will never experience  sunlight and be in virtual permanent darkness. Which leads to thoughts of permanent water ice in those regions.  Similar circumstances exist on Mercury also.

[Airbrush]

On ‎2‎/‎24‎/‎2019 at 8:25 PM, Externet said:

Is it around 360 earthly hours from dawn to dusk  or I have it wrong ?

Here's an easy way to remember.  The Moon is tidally locked with Earth.  The Moon orbits the Earth once per month.  So one Moon day is about as long as one Earth month.  So sunrise to sunset on the Moon is about half that (15 Earth days).  360hours / 24hours = 15 days.  You were correct!

https://www.universetoday.com/20524/how-long-is-a-day-on-the-moon-1/

Edited February 28, 2019 by Airbrush