If the Moon Vanished, Our Days Would Stop Growing and the Seasons Would Spin Out of Control
Every year, the Moon slips about 2.5 centimeters farther from Earth, and in exchange it's been quietly stretching our days longer for billions of years. It also acts as a steadying weight on Earth's tilted axis. Without it, days would stay short and seasons would swing wildly. The familiar disk in our night sky is secretly running the clock and the climate.
