4. What percentage of the Moon's surface can be seen (at least occasionally) from the Earth?

Answer:

(B) 59 percent. This seems paradoxical until you realize that the Moon wobbles slightly, a phenomenon called libration that allows us, on occasion, to peek just over the normal horizon. A very basic explanation for libration is that the Earth is not at the exact center of the Moon's orbit.

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