Most of cargo operations take place between a ship and a land-based terminal. Nevertheless it sometimes can be useful to transfer cargo from one ship to another in the open sea and this is called a ship-to-ship operation. One vessel will act as the terminal whilst the other one will moor.
The moon is roughly 238,000 miles away from Earth. Earth orbits the sun. Earth is roughly 93 million miles from the Sun. The Sun is the center of our solar system. The Earth's Moon is located in orbit around the Earth. There are other moons in orbit around other planets. There are many moons in our solar system. If you're specifically referring to the one that orbits Earth, then... well, that's your answer. It orbits Earth.
The Moon orbits Earth in the prograde direction and completes one revolution in approximately 27.322 days (a sidereal month). Earth and the Moon orbit about their barycentre (common center of mass), which lies about 4600 km from Earth's center (about three quarters of the radius of Earth).On average, the Moon is at a distance of about 385000 km from Earth's center, which corresponds to about 60 Earth radii.With a mean orbital velocity of 1.023 km/s, the Moon moves relative to the stars each hour by an amount roughly equal to its angular diameter, or by about 0.5Â°.n average, the Moon is at a distance of about 385000 km from Earth's center, which corresponds to about 60 Earth radii. With a mean orbital velocity of 1.023 km/s, the Moon moves relative to the stars each hour by an amount roughly equal to its angular diameter, or by about 0.5Â°.