MOON...again....?

Question

Okay ... for all you scientists an wise guys who think they found it ALL, and think that I am an idiot.....here is a new riddle...
Firstly, the moon is NOT always lit.... It gets TOTALLY dark on both sides when in a TOTAL eclipse.
So, in any case....
To all the REAL scientists.... I don't dispute the PHASES of the
moon.... I dispute the fact that it is attributed to the SUN reflecting on it.... Let me explain:
If the light portion would indeed be from the SUN we would see
another phenomene happening ...
Since the SUN is a FIX objet (yes), an the moon a very mobile
objet that may rise from an elevation 0 to an elevation 90 degrees
in a single and same night... than, as it moves higher and father
shouln't the result be that the PHASE light also should appear as
changing as well??? Yes, it should.... Just like it does on planet earth or so...Yet, when the lit part or PHASE is SET for the day, it does NOT MOVE at all even with ANY movement of the moon.
ANY explanation here..?

Answer 1

I see your point.

You are missing one thing. The elevation you mention is not the moon moving, it is us going around our axis.

The movement is all relative. Sun fixed (for this purpose an OK assumption) Earth moving round the sun (not an issue here) but spinning around its axis (big issue here) and the moon orbiting the earth once a month.

And there you have it. Only ones a month is the moon moving round us. It is us spinning that makes it look to move that 'fast'.

the 'lighting effect' does not change because we move. The relative distance we spin is very small compared to the distance to the moon.

Answer 2

If the moon orbited the earth once per day, we'd see the phases changing throughout the night. Since the moon takes 27 days to orbit the earth, it takes 27 days for the moon to go through it's phases. Also, it takes the moon 27 days to turn on it's axis, which is why we only see one side of the moon from earth. There is no "dark side of the moon" there is only the near and far side of the moon. Also, the moon is only ever completely dark when the earth gets between the moon and the sun. That's called a lunar eclipse.

Answer 3

The lit part of the moon does change, it's just that the difference is small enough to not make a much of a difference to the naked eye. The moon revolves around the earth not nearly as fast as the earth revolves. So it's a progression across the light side of the moon.

I'm almost tempted to believe that the original question was sarcastic too...

Answer 4

Yep you got it right. The moon is actually lit up by NASA according to orders it receives from Hollywood. See a director wants a "full moon" for a scene, so NASA takes these huge space based spotlights and illuminates the moon accordingly. The sun is just another of the many NASA props. They have to send up secret missions every couple months (why do you think their budget is really so gargantuan, come on a BILLION dollars for just ON|E shuttle mission?!?!?) to replace its batteries and change necessary bulbs.

Answer 5

I THINK UR CONFUSED OF THE FACT THAT MOON RISES IN THE WEST AND GOES ABOVE UR HEAD AND SETS ON EAST..AND I THINK THAT IDEA MADE U THINK THAT ITS RISES 0-90 DEGREES ..
MAINLY IT IS NOT MOVING UP OR DOWN.. ITS JUST ORBITING THE EARTH!!
AND U HAVE TO LEARN THAT MOON IS NOT GOING HIGHER AND FARTHER COS IT IS ORBITING THE EARTH .. IT IS NOT MOVING ABOVE OUR EARTH OR EARTH'S VERTICAL AXIS