2006-08-10 07:01:53 · 9 answers · asked by darkwind_faery 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
I know when it is night here it is day there. I just want to know if when it gets dark there they see the same full moon we do here.
2006-08-10 07:51:33 · update #1
Yes, with only very slight changes due to the fact that earth and moon both advanced a bit relative to the sun during the 12 hours between night in America and night in China.
To see this, note that the full moon occurs when the earth is exactly between the moon and the sun in the vertical plane. (If it also aligns in the horizontal plane, which doesn't happen very often, there'd be a lunar eclipse.) This vertical alignment occurs for the whole world at the same time.
Now suppose that at the time of full moon, it's midnight in New York, and noon the next day in Shanghai. Well, 12 hours later, it'll be midnight in Shanghai, and they'll be looking overhear at a
P.S. Let me make a technical correction in my example. When it's exactly full moon in New York a midnight, it's also full moon in Shanghai. But it's noon in China, so they can't actually see the full moon at that time.
2006-08-10 09:22:24 · answer #1 · answered by bpiguy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the best of my knowledge no. Thinking back to an astronomy course I took years ago, I think a full moon occurs when the Earth is right between the sun and moon.If the US is pointed at the moon (and thus away from the sun), China is pointed TOWARDS the sun, i.e. it's daytime there. They'll need to wait a few hours for the Earth to spin them towards the moon, which I think they will then see.
2006-08-10 07:11:53 · answer #2 · answered by Knows what he is talking about 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They see the same moon as everyone else on this planet see. The moon does not rotate per se like the earth and other planets rotate- the moons "face" is gravitionally locked looking towards the earth all the time.
However, because the moon does orbit the earth about once every 28 days, it does make roughly 12 revolutions per year
2006-08-10 08:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes everywhere there is a full moon. in fact we only see one side of the moon we never see the other side of the moon because the position of the earth
2006-08-10 12:33:41 · answer #4 · answered by icac83 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a full moon. Some of these kids arent as smart as they make out to be.
2006-08-10 07:19:55 · answer #5 · answered by cbmaclean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, the moon is like the sun, when people in the US see the sun, the opposite side of the earth is dark. when the moon is visible to us, people on the opposite side doesnt see the moon.
2006-08-10 07:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by Han_dang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-08-10 07:11:17 · answer #7 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not.because america is more fardare than china
2006-08-10 23:02:56 · answer #8 · answered by sopty_collin 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
OMG, Did you have to be taught how to breath?
2006-08-10 11:49:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋