Digest 1105 Msg 7

The geometry is that at a full Moon (as observed on Earth) the Sun is on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun, so at that time the Earth's magnetic field shields the Moon from the solar wind. At the time of the new Moon if one were on the lunar surface one would be exposed to much more radiation, and during solar proton events, one would need to be in a radiation shelter or it could be lethal. JSH

Behalf Of Fred

> All Apollo landings with humans aboard were at the time of the Full
> Moon. At this time the solar wind blows the past Earth, but Earth shields
> the Moon. So no, the lunar astronauts were not really outside the Earth's
> protective magnetic shield. This time was not selected from this knowledge,
> but for the best lighting on the lunar surface, but it did protect the
> astronauts from solar-proton radiation.

Okay, so what you're saying, is that the Earth's magnetic "wake" in
the solar wind was protecting the lunar astronauts against the sun's
radiation, even though the Earth is shown in several moon-based photos
as being close to the horizon, nowhere near the Sun?

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Given that the Earth is nowhere near "new earth", which is the phase
you would see when the Earth is interposed between the Sun and the
Moon, how can this POSSIBLY be true?