Who sees the moon when
I live in northwest US and I sometimes see the moon both at day and night.
Does this mean that the other side of the world doesn’t get the moon at all for that time period?
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I live in northwest US and I sometimes see the moon both at day and night.
Does this mean that the other side of the world doesn’t get the moon at all for that time period?
You never see the moon for the entire day and night at the same time—you see it for about 12 hours that partly overlaps day and night, and on the other side of the world they see it during the other 12 hours.
That is mostly true when the moon stands directly above the equator, however its orbit isn't fixed to the equator so the duration can vary during a month the same way the duration of the sun being in the sky varies over the year. So especially near the poles it is possible to see the moon for more than 24 hours or not at all for multiple days.
https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/92abef/how_long_is_the_moon_visible_per_day/
I always feel slightly supervillainy when I see the moon in the day. Imagining all the Australian kiddies looking at the sky wondering where the moon is. ITS MINE MUAHAHAHA
The Moon never gets more than 5.14 degrees away from the path of the Sun (called the ecliptic).
In the northern hemispherre summer, your side of the Earth is tilted TOWARD the ecliptic during the day (23.4° at most), and AWAY from it at night.
In the northern hemispherre winter, it's the other way around, because the Earth's at the place in its orbit which is tilted (23.4° at most) AWAY from the Sun during the day. It can take a long time to get this all sorted out ... If you've got a globe and light bulb, that helps ...
but the Moon's path is ALWAYS near that of the Sun.
That is actually an Alien ship disguised as our moon. They are watching us!