... motion—solar day • Stars aren’t in quite the same place 24 hours later, though, due to Earth’s rotation around the Sun; when they are in the same place again, one sidereal day has passed © 201 7 Pearson ... of Distance • Triangulation: Measure baseline and angles, and you can calculate distance © 201 7 Pearson Education, Inc 0. 4 The Measurement of Distance • Parallax: Similar to triangulation, but ... because Earth’s and the Moon’s orbits are not in the same plane © 201 7 Pearson Education, Inc 0. 3 The Motion of the Moon • Eclipse tracks, 201 0– 203 0 © 201 7 Pearson Education, Inc 0. 4 The Measurement...