If we can see the moon from earth, When astronauts are up there can they see the earth?

Question

The size we see the moon, can they see the earth like that or does the earth not show?

Answer 1

yes the earth shows

click the link below to see an actual view of Earth from the moon side taken by astronauts during the Apollo missions.

http://www.msdmv.k12.in.us/farmersville/msdmv/Earth%20View%20From%20Moon.jpg

It is a famous photo of an earth rise as opposed to a moon rise.

Answer 2

Yes. From the Moon, Earth looks bigger and brighter than the Moon does from Earth. Here is a really good picture from Apollo 17.

Answer 3

You would be able to see the earth just like how we can see the moon at night.

Answer 4

If the earth is directly in front of the sun when looking from the moon, then no.... you would see a bright ring around a dark circle.

Answer 5

My vote goes to (and Yours should too)

webboffin

for best answer and I confirm his and others that Yes they can.
From photos we can't get the proper prospective, but it would look 4-times larger than the Moon looks to us here on Earth.

Answer 6

even as someone in the international is gazing a lunar eclipse, the earth's shadow is falling on the moon. The lineup is this. sunlight----EARTH---MOON. So the fellow on the moon is seeing this. MOON---EARTH---sunlight with the earth in the front of the sunlight. what's that called?

Answer 7

Yes, they can see the Earth. here is a link that shows you some cool pictures:http://images.google.com/images?q=Earth+from+the+Moon&hl=en

Answer 8

Yes, they have taken beautiful pictures of the earth. You can probabbly find some on Yahoo! Images.

Answer 9

If they are looking in the right direction, then yes.

Google....ahem...I mean Yahoo 'Earth Rise'.

Answer 10

Of course they can, they in fact took many pictures.