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The lunar orbit is inclined so that the moon moves between about +/- 28 degrees north/south latitude with reference to the Earth equatorial plane. That's Earth
by exDM69 6y ago
The lunar orbit is inclined so that the moon moves between about +/- 28 degrees north/south latitude with reference to the Earth equatorial plane.
That's Earth's axial tilt of ~23 deg + the inclination of the lunar orbit w.r.t. the ecliptic of ~5 deg.
This means that when the moon is at its northest (above southern Florida), it has a pretty good view over the north pole (but it's at quite an oblique angle of ~60 deg), and the south pole is not visible. About 14 days later it's the opposite.
But yeah, I agree with the conclusion that the Moon is not a good place for a Earth observation for a lot of reasons.