If I can see the moon during the daytime, how can people on the other side of the world see it at night?-Blake
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The moon is very far away from the Earth.  It may be hard to imagine, but it is possible to see the moon from many different points on the earth at the same time.\n\nAlso realize that all of Earth experiences the same phase of the moon at the same time.  When we see a full moon, the people on the other side of the world are seeing the same full moon.
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The Moon is spherical, so of course half of it's hidden all the time. The Moon's in a tidally locked orbit as well, so the same face is always towards Earth; 44 percent of the Moon's surface can never be seen from Earth.\n\nBut I don't think that's what you were asking. I think you were asking why the Moon looks like a sliver. It's also simple: the Moon is lit by sunlight. You will notice the bright part of the Moon ALWAYS, without exception, points at the Sun. (Sometimes you can faintly see the side away from the Sun; this faint illumination is sunlight bouncing off Earth's clouds and feebly illuminating the Moon through radiosity.)\n\nTo demonstrate the phases of the moon, get a ball and a lamp in a darkened room. Hold up the ball in front of you and turn around. Notice the phases of the ball, just like the Moon.
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None, they up in the Sky, best seen at night. The Earth does revolve around a Big Star that can actually be seen in the day and not night. Make for a good Word Play/Riddle question. ;-D
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If you can see the moon from both points at the same time then the phase of the moon will be the same.\n\nIf however the moon is visible in Britain, but still below the horizon in Australia, then the phase will have very slightly changed by the time the moon rises in Australia.
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First of all i would like to say that you are some kind of good thinker.. well for 4 years old, this kind of question may too complex for you. But i try to answer it for our knowledge.\n\nWell the moon is not just go down when the sun is up. The world is rotating itself, while the world is rotating around the sun. In the same time, the moon is rotating around the earth and the sun. When you are at any part of the earth expecially near to the equator, you will see some kind of nice organized pattern of when sun is out, the moon is gone, otherwise vise versa. \n\nWell, actually this is not the true. The moon is still there rotating around the earth in 24 hour time, but when the part of the earth where get alots of sun shine, the brighness of the moon will dissphere like you shine a touch in a good shinine day. The light from the touch will not seen as in the dark. But we cannot say that the ligh is gone. The light is still there but, due to the brigher light of the sun (higher cendela - unit for light), the reflaction light of moon is not seen.\n\nThere are some infomation that i can help you. It's good to think!!!
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The reason you can see the moon in the sky during the day is because at that time the moon has rotated to where it is inbetween the earth and the sun.  So they are both visable at the same time.  It takes 28 for the moon to circle the earth, this is also the cause of moon phases, such as full moon/ new moon ect.
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The Geminids ramp up over a few days, and should be visible most of the night, from around 10PM to dawn. Basically you need a location where you can see as many stars as possible.
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What you are seeing is the portion of the moon illuminated by the sun that is visible on earth on that particular day.  When the moon is full, you are seeing the full view of the side of the moon that is in full sunlight.  When it is in half-moon phase, you are seeing half of the side that is lit, and half of the dark side.  When it is a new moon, the side facing earth is dark.  Try to keep in mind that, even though the same side of the moon is always facing earth, the moon makes an orbit around the earth in about 28 days--AND ONE REVOLUTION ON ITS OWN AXIS--during which it will go through the phases that you observe from earth.  I have found that making a model helps to understand this.  Use a flashlight for the sun.  Then get a globe for the earth, and a styrofoam ball or a tennis ball for the moon.  You can lay the flashlight on a table or chair, or get someone to hold it for you.  Now focus on the moon making its revolution around the earth, while always facing the earth the same way.  You will see that as the moon circles the earth, the part that is illuminated by the sun changes, resulting in the phases that you see.
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It would seem logical to say that at any one time we can see 50% of the Moon's face. If the Moon were flat, that would be correct, however we know the Moon is a sphere. And the spherical shape of the Moon hides the area close to the perimeter and we can, at any one time, see only 41% of the Moon's face.\n\nEven though the same side of the Moon's faces us, we do see a bit more than half of the Moon's face. Over time, because of librations, we can see up to 59% of the Moon's surface
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While the Moon does rotate, it is tidally locked to the Earth.  This means that we always see the same side of the Moon.\n\nThis happens when two astronomical bodies closely orbit each other.
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No.  But we see only the side that faces earth.\n\nHere's a good diagram that explains it better than I can...\n\n\nhttp://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/moon2.html
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It is presumed that we perceive the sun/moon larger near the horizon because its in close proximity to buildings and other frames of reference, and our eyes compare the size of the moon to the buildings and other horizon features. \n\nUp in the sky, there is no frame of reference, and without it, the moon appears smaller.
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This question is asked very often, and sometimes it is not phrased correctly, just like: "Can you see the Great Wall of China from the shuttle or from the space station?". Of course you can see it from there! (Although personally I was not able to see it, as our inclination was not enough, or to put it in other words: our mission did not take us over that Wall.) In the special programme "Looking down on the Earth with Marilyn Monroe" I thoroughly explained that everything larger than 30 metres can be recognised with the naked eye from a near Earth orbit. And of course also the Great Wall. \n\nBut the well-known rumour is as follows: "Is the Great Wall of China the only man-made work (incl. cities etc.) that you can see from the Moon?" As (unfortunately) I cannot answer this question from my own personal experience, I asked two of my Apollo colleagues - Charles M. Duke (Apollo 16, 5th moonlanding, April 1972) and Eugene A. Cernan (Apollo 17, 6th moonlanding, December 1972) - to enlighten us with the answer. Their answer was as follows:\n\nCharles M. Duke (Apollo 16): "... I do not think that you can see anything created by mankind from the Moon. Nobody saw the Great Wall of China from the Moon. You cannot see any large cities or man-made objects from the Moon. It is already difficult enough to see the different continents from the Moon. ... It is a common misunderstanding that we were able to see the Great Wall of China from the Moon. I do not know how this came about."\n\nEugene A. Cernan (Apollo 17): "There are NO man-made objects that you could see from the distance of the Moon, neither with your naked eye nor with the monocular we had with us on the Apollo mission. ... Yes, you can see the Great Wall of China from 200-300 miles, from the Earth orbit of the shuttle, in space. I could also see the Dome Stadium in Houston on Gemini IX with my naked eye. But these things, including large cities, cannot be seen from the Moon neither during the day nor at night. ... You should realise that the Earth, which appears four times larger than the Moon , is covered in oceans and clouds. From the Moon, we see the Earth just as the Lord created it, we do NOT see any man-made objects." \n\n\nI think this is an answer to this probing question once and for all.
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The moon is visible all over the world (not just the Western hemisphere).  In a 24 hour period the moon will be above the horizon for 12 of those hours.  Depending on where the moon is in it's orbit relative to the sun determines when it is visible in the day.  \n\nNew moon is when the moon is nearest the sun, and full moon is when it is furthest away.  That is why a full moon is really only visible at night.  \n\nFirst quarterr moon rises about noon and sets about midnight.  Last quarte moon rises about midnight and sets around noon.\n\nThe moon is brighter than the sky at daytime and so it is visible even against the blue sky of a sunny day.
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The lunar plane (the imaginary circle around the earth in which the moon revolves) is not in line with earth's view of the sun, hence solar eclipses, especially total solar eclipses, are rare events.\n\nBoth types of eclipses have comparative frequencies, but you're more likely to be able to see a lunar eclipse. The reason is, the earth's shadow is so much larger than the moon, and amost anyone on the night side of the earth will be able to see the lunar eclipse.\n\nCompare this to the shadow of the moon, which is really small when it falls on the earth, so only a limited number of people in a small area can see it.
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Moonlight is the reflection of the sun's light. \n\nStandard light principles tells us that when the moon is on an angel to where u are standing, the light that reaches you is mainly yellow to red, with green, blue, purple, violet all absorbed by the atmosphere. Hence, during early parts of the night, the colour is red/yellow.\n\nDuring the night, the moon is reflecting the light more directly, allowing the different wavelengths of light to pass through the atmosphere, thus you see white light that's a bit towards the yellow/red side, as the wavelengths are "weaker," and hence blue lights are absorbed more in the atmosphere or by clouds.
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From space or the moon? From space you can see the great wall of china and Vegas lights,but from the moon it is not possible with the naked eye.......