Weekly Enviromental Fact - (not Moon) The Mesozoic Moon

Is that Moon?

You may look up at the sky at the full moon and not realize that it looked different to the dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era.  There is scientific proof that the moon is slowly moving away from the earth.  It apparently is moving away from the earth at the rate of 1.5 inches per year.  (The distance was closer by approximately 1.5 inches time 65+ million years)  When the earth/moon system was formed 4.4 billion years ago, the moon was probably only about 14000 miles away from the earths surface, compare this to the 238,000 miles separation today.

Not only the view would be different but the lunar cycles and tides would be too.  The moon was closer to the earth would mean less distance to travel around the earth as well.  There would be multiple Full Moons a month.
Can you imagine how large the moon must have looked?  I bet it was incredible.

- Moon

Thanks for the fact, Moons! (lol)

TDR