why can i sometimes see the moon in the sky in the daytime?

Answer 1

The moon is ALWAYS there. I don't know the reason why, but it will be on the net somewhere.Its not just there at night hunny.

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Answer 2

the moon takes a month to travel around the earth, and although it is traditionall known as a nighttime object we can actually see it in the daytime sky for half of its orbit ie. in total the moon spends ~6 months a year in the nighttime sky and ~6 months a year in the daytime sky.

why this happens is just a matter of goemetry, as the moon moves around us it passes between us and the sun, we know this happenes beacause of solar eclipses, these dont happen every month because the earth sun and moon dont line up exactly, on the occasions they do we get an eclipse, but when they dont we get a new moon (when there is no moon in the sky - all the suns light is shining on the part of the moon we cant see) on either side of the new moon there are various sized crescents growing to a half moon then gibbous phases growing to the full moon.

if you think about it logically, when we can see small crescents the moons position in the sky must be quite near to the suns, therefore we must be able to see them both at the same time for at least a portion of the day. when the moon is full we can see it all night long, it rises as the sun sets and sets when the sun rises, the further we move away from the full moon (in days) the more the moon appears in the daytime sky.

Answer 3

Starting with the full moon - A day or two before the "full moon" you will see the
moon rise just before sunset. At full moon it will rise as the sun sets, and of course
after the sun sets as the time goes on. Each night after, notice how the light on the
moon shrinks from full to last quarter and then to nothing (a 2 week time period).
Also during this time you will notice the moon "traveling" closer to the sun.
Two weeks from full moon (day may vary) look for the sliver of the moon just before sunset.
As the moon moves into NEW moon and you cannot see at all, watch for it to become noticable
as a sliver in the other direction as the sun sets. Follow the light on the moon as
it expands to first quarter and then to full. So you can actually see the moon and the sun
at the same time virtually most of the month.

Answer 4

There are three variables that answer this question. First, the sun has a gravitational pull on both the earth and the moon. Second, the earth rotates on an axis (which is tilted) and the earth rotates around the sun. Third, the moon rotates around the earth. When all 3 objects are in a certain rotation, the moon is visible with the sun. (Also, you could see the stars in the daytime as well, they don't leave space when we turn to see the sun.

Answer 5

We see the moon because light from the sun is reflected from it to the earth. When we don't see the moon, it is because the moon is behind the earth, and that light can't reach us directly. We see the moon during the day, when the moon is not behind the earth, because it is bright object, bright enough to be seen through the blue sky. We can also see some planets in the day if they are bright enough. Stars however are not bright enough, so we don't see them.

Answer 6

The moon is there but the sun is normally too bright for you to see it. When we rotate away from the sun then we can see the moon or the night sky with stars unobstructed.

Answer 7

The light from the sun isn't strong enough at early times of the day to fade out the light coming from the surface of the moon. I usually see it in the morning or late evening.

Answer 8

you can see the moon during daytime because the moon doesn't leave its place. when the times that we can't see it, it was the time that the sun was so bright, it is the only one seen.

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Answer 9

because the moon is always there,and the sun hit the moon in such a way that makes it shine so much that makes easy for us to see it even in day light

Answer 10

I can see it sometimes too. because the moon reflects sun's light - you can see it, but the sun is way brighter, so you can see the moon, but not as bright as at night