Why do you see the sun and the moon at the same time during the day?

Answer 1

This is because the moon is on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. The moon reflects the light of the sun, and because it is directly opposite, we can see half of it from the earth. This is the half that appears as the full moon.

Answer 2

When the sun sets you start to see a half moon but the sky is still lite for sometime after the sun sets.The more the moon becomes fuller the latter you see the moon but also the later the moon sets closer to sun rise. The sky is lite befor sun rise.

Answer 3

Read about "Libration" for more details. Basically, this is related to the fact that the Moon's orbit is elliptical, but it rotates at constant angular speed. That way, sometimes we see a bit more east, and sometimes more of the west. Also, sometimes we see a bit more of the Moon's north, or south, because of the inclination of its axis.

Answer 4

When the moon is directly opposite the sun ... directly 'behind' the earth ... that's

the only time when we can see the entire lighted half of the moon, and also the

only time when it can pass through earth's shadow. Why? Because the shadow

extends out in the direction that's exactly opposite the sun.

Answer 5

An "eclipse" (either solar or lunar) occurs every time the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in a relatively straight line (new moon, full moon). However, the vast majority are not visible from anywhere on Earth.

In order to have a visible solar eclipse, the Moon has to be directly on the line between the Sun and the Earth. This is a "new moon" and the far side of the Moon is illuminated -- we don't see any of the lighted side. Because the Moon does not orbit exactly in the Earth-Sun plane, the shadow of the Moon usually misses the Earth. When it does cross, there is a relatively brief period that the shadow spends moving across the Earth's surface. An eclipse can be "partial" for areas not directly in line.

In order to have a visible lunar eclipse (substantially more common), the Earth is directly between the Sun and the Moon (full moon). If the larger shadow of the Earth partly or completely crosses the Moon, that part will not receive any direct sunlight. It will not become completely black: it will appear a dark red due to refraction of red light that passes through the Earth's atmosphere and reaches the Moon.

Answer 6

We see a full moon when the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon, so that the moon rises in the east at exactly the same time the sun sets in the west. If the alignment is good enough then the moon travels through the shadow that the Earth casts from the sun, resulting in a lunar eclipse.

Answer 7

A full moon is when from the earth, the moon can be perceived as completely visible.

This happens when the sun is directly opposite the moon in the sky. You see, the moon

has no light of its own at all since it is made of rocks. Instead, the light from the sun

is the only thing that makes it visible at all. The further apart the sun and moon are

in our sky, the more of the lighted half of the moon is visible to us. When the moon is

directly opposite the sun, we're in position to see all of the lighted side, resulting in a

full moon.

Answer 8

The moon is always 50% lit-up by the sun. (Just as the Earth is. A completely natural

thing when you think about any flashlight shining on any ball.) But the moon is constantly

revolving around the Earth, and if it's not in the right place, we can't see the full lit-up half.

The moon reaches that position every 29.53 days. At other times, it's still 50% lit-up by the

sun, but the lit-up half isn't completely facing the Earth.

Answer 9

You do on occasion. A full moon occurs when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth than the sun is. At that position the whole of the moon's face is lit up. It is only on the opposite side of the Earth than the Sun when it is night time. If the moon is on the same side of the Earth of the Sun, then we can only see part of the moon lit up as part of what is lit up is not facing us.

Answer 10

The moon can be seen during the night better than during the day because during the day, the sun is so bright. The bright sunlight doesn't allow us to see the moon as well during the day. We can see the moon better in the morning and evening when the intensity of sunlight is less but the moon is best seen at night.