Is there a term for this?
2006-10-12 08:44:35 · 16 answers · asked by etherialdowntime024 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
no, there is no specific term for it
2006-10-12 08:46:13 · answer #1 · answered by ms.chic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Full Moon has about 1/400,000th the brightness of the Sun. Yet the Full Moon sheds enough light that we can read a newspaper at night. It's over 33,000 times brighter than Sirius, which helps explain why, in the daytime, we don't see Sirius but do see the Moon.
Almost every day in a lunar month, we can see the daytime Moon. The days we cannot are when the Moon is Full, when it's New, and a few days before and after the New Moon.
An exactly Full Moon is invisible (or at least not easily seen) during the day because then the Moon is opposite the Sun with the Earth in between. The Full Moon sets when the Sun rises (except near the poles) so we can't see the Moon during the day. It's below the horizon, shining brilliantly on the other side--the night side--of Earth.
When the Moon is New it will be dark and unseen and, for at least two days either side of the New Moon, the Crescent Moon will be "too faint and close to the Sun to be seen with the naked eye--although it might be glimpsed at sunset," says Robert Massey, astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
The Moon is close to Earth and that's why we see bright sunlight reflected from its asphalt-parking-lot surface even in the daytime and even when part of the Moon is in shadow. Step outside on or about the 14th of June, and find the daytime Moon. It's there--a shiny half moon, high and West.
2006-10-12 08:51:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's called seeing the Moon during the day.
2006-10-12 11:19:44 · answer #3 · answered by AresIV 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first thought was it is still called "The Moon"
Is it called "Daytime Moon Observation" ?
Not sure if there is an astronomical term for it though.
2006-10-12 08:49:17 · answer #4 · answered by Rick S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The moon rises and sets twice each day. When you see it during the day it's probably just when it's time for it to rise again.
2006-10-12 08:52:50 · answer #5 · answered by Shining Ray of Light 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, there is no special term for it, probably because it is so common. But numerous questions I have seen here indicate that most people don't think it is common. They are clearly not paying much attention to the sky to have such a misconception!
2006-10-12 08:54:21 · answer #6 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There really isn't a term for it. But it's interesting. Read about it here.
http://www.wonderquest.com/DaytimeMoon.htm
2006-10-12 08:47:21 · answer #7 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, there is no name for this. But I call it a very clear sky.
2006-10-12 08:49:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the moon is always out. you can just see it more clearly when the sky is clear.
2006-10-12 08:52:34 · answer #9 · answered by anklebiter 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Public exposure.
2006-10-12 08:46:07 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋