what did the moon look like since 27th march?
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its usual self --another decade older and a few more craters
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If the sun and the moon are both visible at the same time, then the first answer of course would be daytime.  However, for the moon to be visible during the day, it has to have risen somewhere in the 6 am - 6pm range.  this means that the moon can be in any phase from new moon through first quarter and almost to full moon.  So, the final answer to the question would be that when the sun and moon are both visible, it is called daytime during the first half of the lunar cycle.
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The most we can ever see is 59% ...\n\nRelative to the Earth, the Moon makes one rotation every 29.5 days. That happens to also be the time it takes for the Moon to complete one revolution around the Earth. This might seem like a coincidence, but it's not. \n\nIn the past, the Moon used to rotate much faster than it does now. But over millions of years, the effect of the Earth's gravity has slowed down the Moon's rotation until it became gravitationally locked to the Earth. This is why we always see the same side of the Moon. \n\nIt 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. \n\nLibrations are irregular motions of the Moon in its elliptical orbit around the Earth. They are measured using longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates. Both are computed from a central point that is at a fixed geographical location on the lunar surface. This point is in the Sinus Medii, a small plain just below and to the right of he large rayed crater Copernicus. Two meridians emanate from this point: the Central Meridian runs north and south, and the Lunar Equator runs east and west. \n\nDifferent librations affect different sides of the Moon and each contribute added surface area. The added viewable surface area changes from day to day and month to month. Some librations overlap, but the maximum amount of lunar surface that we can see over time is 59%. \n\nThe longitudinal libration is produced by the elliptical orbit of the Moon. Because of the nature of the elliptical orbit, the speed of the Moon changes depending on which part of the orbit it is in. When moving from its fastest point (closest to Earth) to its slowest point (farthest from Earth,) the Moon's speed is slowing down. But, because the Moon's rotational speed stays the same, for a period of time the Moon's face is not pointed directly at us, and this "lag" effect allows observers to see an extra bit of the lunar surface. In effect, we are "peeking" around the edge of the Moon! When the Moon is one quarter of the way around the Earth, it is 97 degrees through its rotation. \n\nThis libration is called longitudinal because the extra surface areas exposed are along the lines of longitude (perpendicular to the equator.) The total extra surface area we can see from longitudinal librations is about eight degrees. \n\nThere is also a libration that is latitudinal. The plane of the Moon's orbit is titled 5 degrees to the ecliptic. For half the lunar cycle, the Moon is above the ecliptic and for the other half it is below the ecliptic. Each of these half cycles expose an extra bit of the Moon. The extra surface area shown during these librations is at the top of the northern hemisphere or the bottom of the southern hemisphere. The total extra surface area we can see from latitudinal librations is almost 7 degrees. \n\nThere is one more librations called Diurnal Librations. This librations occurs every day. Observers can "see" over the top of the Moon as it is rising. Likewise they can see under the bottom when it is setting. Diurnal librations are caused because the radius of the Earth adds an extra 4000 miles of height for looking "over" or "under" the Moon when it is on the horizon. This daily libration gives us an extra one percent of lunar surface area for viewing.
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I can't give any explanation to your question, but I've had a similar experience some 9 yrs before. I was studying for my college exams that time and I came out to the terrace to relax. It was about 4am and the moon was going down. Suddenly it started to decrease in size just like during an eclipse - but only much faster and finally vanished.\nI asked about it to my Professor who said it couldnot've happened.\nNow, atleast I know somebody who have had a similar experience.
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The appearance of the Moon is also dependent on the fact the the Earth is rotating on its axis. Objects appear at the horizon, drift overhead and slip below the horizon again. that is the main reason the Moon looks as it does.\n\n;-D The Moon is romantic! Let's not forget that!
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First Quarter.  Full moon on 9 August.\n\n(Sorry, fell into the US/GB trap.  Read question as 3 Aug)
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I'd see a waning gibbous moon.\n\nOur sentiments play tricks on us to make us think the moon is rarer than it used to be.  But it's been revolving around the earth for a very long time.
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Also, we only see it when it is above the horizon.\n\nDuring the day, the sun is obviously above the horizon.  But the moon sets an hour or so later each day, so sometimes it is below the horizon in the day, and sometimes not.
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It rotates on its axis once per month. If you could stand on the sun, you would see all sides of the moon in the course of a month. Also, if you could stand on Mars you would see all sides of the moon in the course of a month. The "single face" issue arises because we on earth are right in the middle of it--as the moon rotates on its axis once per month, it also revolves about the earth at the same speed, always showing the same face to the earth.\n\nSince the moon does not always show the same face to the sun, there is no "dark" side of the moon. All parts of the moon get equal amounts of sunlight, just as all parts of the earth do. There is a "far" side to the moon, the side that is always facing away from earth.\n\nAnother way to think of it is to think of the flagpole planted by astronauts. It of course is pointed toward the earth at all times. At the time of new moon (when the moon is between the earth and the sun), the flagpole is pointed toward the earth and the outer solar system, toward the realm of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. At the time of full moon (when the earth is between the sun and the moon), the flagpole is pointed toward the earth and the sun. Obviously the moon rotated so as to bring the flagpole from pointing to the outer reaches around to pointing toward the sun.\n\n\nFor Dirty Idea (below): ask your question as a Yahoo! question and maybe I'll look it up for you. I think it has to do with tidal locking. It's not a coincidence at all.
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no it is a reflection of the suns light.  That is why you can still see the moon during the day soemtimes.  It is still getting light from the sun.
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A month. That's why we only see one side of the moon. (Hence the Pink Floyd song Dark Side of the Moon). :)
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go to http://moon.google.com and zoom in all the way.  you'll see what our moon is made of.
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The Earth is round.\nObviously at lower latitudes you view the moon from a different angle than what you would at higher latitudes.\nSo that at the equater the moon when rising would look like a bowl from that angle in that phase.
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am curious why you asked. but i hope this can help: it's first quarter on march 31,1974 at 1:43 and full moon on april 6, 1974 at 20:49. therefore, or, maybe it is a gibbous moon on the 3rd of april 1974.\nam a space buff. this is my email add: tongsoy@yahoo.com.
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The moon although is a sphere, but it is so far away that it appear a flat round disk. there is nothing strange about this and if people are not educated that moon is a spherical rock, they'd probably think it's a round flat disk.\n\nBut for me, I see it as a hole in the ceiling.
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As the Moon moves along its orbit around the Earth its hemisphere toward the sun is fully illuminated.\n\nBut from the Earth we see only the hemisphere that is turned toward us.\n\nThat is, we are not seeing that hemisphere which is fully illuminated by the Sun.\n\nThat is why we see different shapes which are called phases of the moon.\n\nIn new moon day, the moon is in between Sun and Earth, and the moon’s non illuminated hemisphere is toward Earth and in the back ground of Sun’s bright light, the moon is invisible.\n\nWhen Moon is at 90 degree from the Sun, half of the illuminated hemisphere of Moon is visible from Earth. \n \nWhen Moon is at 180 degree from the Sun, full of the illuminated hemisphere of Moon is visible from Earth. We call it as Full Moon.
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Today's Moon Phase      \nThere are eight distinct phases of the moon.\n\n\n\nNew Moon - The Moon's unilluminated side is facing the Earth. The Moon is not visible (except during a solar eclipse).\n\n\n\nWaxing Crescent - The Moon appears to be partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is increasing.\n\n\n\nFirst Quarter - One-half of the Moon appears to be illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is increasing.\n\n\n\nWaxing Gibbous - The Moon appears to be more than one-half but not fully illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is increasing.\n\n\n\nFull Moon - The Moon's illuminated side is facing the Earth. The Moon appears to be completely illuminated by direct sunlight.\n\n\n\nWaning Gibbous - The Moon appears to be more than one-half but not fully illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is decreasing.\n\n\n\nLast Quarter - One-half of the Moon appears to be illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is decreasing.\n\n\n\nWaning Crescent - The Moon appears to be partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is decreasing.\n \nBased on that info. U FIGURE OUT FOR URSELF what the moon phase in ur state is!