Table of Contents
- 1 Do you weigh less when the Sun is overhead?
- 2 Will your weight be greater at sunrise or at noon?
- 3 Do you weigh less at noon?
- 4 How much less do you weigh when the moon is directly above you?
- 5 Are we lighter during a full moon?
- 6 What will be my weight on the sun?
- 7 Why don’t we weigh more at noon or midnight?
- 8 How much does the Sun weigh on the Earth?
- 9 Why doesn’t the average pull from the sun affect our weight?
Do you weigh less when the Sun is overhead?
The position of the sun will change your weight, but only very, very slightly. It’s only a very small fraction of the influence from the earth, so all other things being equal, there should be a very slight difference, something like less than a tenth of a percent.
Will your weight be greater at sunrise or at noon?
Because the earth is in freefall, only the tidal forces remain, and these give an acceleration of about 0.5*10^(-7) g for the sun. This is 5 mg if you weigh 100 kg. You will be heaviest in the morning/evening and lightest at noon or midnight. Of course the tidal effect of the moon is more than 2 times larger.
Do you weigh less at noon?
There is very little difference in your weight at noon or midnight due to gravity effects of the sun. That means that at noon, it’s pulling you toward it just a little more than the extra upward push you get from the earth. So yes, your weight is a tiny bit less at noon due to the sun’s pull.
Are we heavier at midnight than at noon?
Yes, from the Sun gravity, you are slightly lighter at noon and heavier at midnight with about kg or the equivalent weight of an eyelash, assuming your normal weight is 70kg.
When the moon is directly overhead you will weigh slightly less?
This is nothing to do with weight but the force of gravity, acting on the object. The gravitational force of the Moon acting directly above the object reduces the gravitational force of Earth a little.
How much less do you weigh when the moon is directly above you?
When the numbers are run for the moon, imagining the moon is directly overhead, we get a number of 5.07*10^-4 lbf of force. So when the moon is directly overhead, you are 0.0003\% lighter than if the moon were perpendicular to you.
Are we lighter during a full moon?
The majority of the effect will be due to the moon so when the moon is on your side of the planet you will weigh less and you will weigh more the other half of the day regardless of the sun’s relative position.
What will be my weight on the sun?
What is your weight on the Earth, in pounds? If you were on other celestial bodies, you would weigh a different amount than you do on Earth….What Do You Weigh on Other Planets?
| Celestial Body | Gravitation Factor Relative to Earth |
|---|---|
| Sun | 27.9 |
| Mercury | 0.38 |
| Venus | 0.91 |
| Earth | 1 |
How much do I weight on the sun?
1.989 × 10^30 kg
Sun/Mass
Why would we weigh more on Sun?
This is because the Sun is so large and its surface is so far from its center, that the pull of gravity is weaker at its surface. Of course, we all know it is impossible to stand on the surface of the Sun.
Why don’t we weigh more at noon or midnight?
There is very little difference in your weight at noon or midnight due to gravity effects of the sun. Think of what a scale measures. It measures the force that is needed to keep you “at rest” on Earth, meaning accelerating along with the earth as the earth orbits the sun, always accelerating toward the sun.
How much does the Sun weigh on the Earth?
Weight 1 kg on Earth will weight 27.9307 kg on Sun. On the other hand weight 1 kg on Sun will weight 0.0358 kg on Earth. Weight. Kg or Pound.
Why doesn’t the average pull from the sun affect our weight?
The Sun is still very very far away, and so there is little difference between the force of its pull at the different points of the Earth, so the tidal forces of the Sun are small. The moon, however, exerts a larger tidal force because it’s closer to the Earth. p.s. As Jim said, the average pull from the Sun doesn’t affect our weight here.
How much more do you weigh at dawn and Sunset?
You weigh a little more at dawn and sunset, because the direction toward the center of the sun has just a little in common with the direction toward the center of the earth, so the sun then is pulling you “down” a bit. These effects, the same ones that cause tides, amount to much less than 0.0006 of your net weight.