Some areas of the Earth you can't see the moon at night.........who knows why??

Question

I was on a cruise traveling the Atlantic Ocean and the moon was no where in sight. I was in awe !!!

Answer 1

The moon Moon orbits around the Earth while the earth also rotates in its own axis. That will explain why moon cannot be viewed in a certain place in a given time. If the weather is bad and/or the skies are heavily clouded, it can cover the moon sometimes, that is the other reason I know.

Answer 2

I'm shocked that you have earned enough money to go on a cruise, but you haven't grasped the concept of our planet's moon. If you had been observant, you would notice that sometimes the moon is on the other side of the earth at night... even when you are at home. Just before and just after the new moon, the moon is only visible during the daytime. I think even the cavemen figured this out... then again, they didn't have computer games and television to distract them.

This answer is correct. Pick up a book and don't contact me again. The last thing I need is some undereducated person who can't appreciate knowledge when it bites you in the ..... MOON.

Answer 3

The moon is above the horizon sometime during each 24-hour period everywhere on the Earth's surface, except for the Polar regions. Of course if it is up during the day, it can be hard to see, and if it is very near the Sun it is darn near impossible.

At the North and South Poles, the moon rises and sets once a month, every month. The polar regions are more mixed, with the moon moving up and down along the horizon, and getting higher and lower during the course of a month. In the polar regions, it is possible for the moon to be below the horizon for more than 24 hours.

Answer 4

The moon has rise/set times just like the sun. Because the moon is orbiting the Earth (1 orbit every 29.5 days) and we are rotating beneath it (1 revolution per 24 hours) the moon is not always visible all the time from one point on the Earth. What you experienced was a range of time when the moon was below your view of the horizon.

Answer 5

Not true. There is nowhere on Earth where the Moon is never seen at night. But there are times when the Moon is not seen at night everywhere in the world. That is because the Moon orbits the Earth once a month so it is constantly moving to different parts of the sky. Sometimes it is seen in daylight, sometimes at night. It just depends on what part of its orbit it is in, not where you are on Earth when you look for it.

Answer 6

Contrary to popular belief, the moon is not just a 'night' thing. it could be anywhere in relation to the earth. What you experienced is a 'New Moon'

Answer 7

There is nowhere on Earth that the moon can't be seen at night. If you didn't see it then it was a new moon.

Answer 8

Was it new moon? Or an Eclipse? Or cloudy?