moon and Sun?

Question

Why can you see the moon and the sun sometimes in a clear sky during the day. I have seen this in the mornings when i have my 'fresh air' break at work!

Moon to the left of you in the sky and the sun to the right in the sky (No I'm not about to sing....here i am stuck in the middle with you!)

Answer 1

It's orbit of the world is passing that of the Earth's orbit of the sun. When they collide you get the eclipse.

Answer 2

For the majority of the time we can't see the moon and stars during the day because the light from the sun is too bright. It's a little like trying to look through the window to the outside world at night when the living room light is on. The brightness of the light inside the room is such that it obscures dimly lit objects outside.
However if the moon is in the right position, it is still visible during the early hours of the morning because the reflected sunlight from the moon is still brighter than the direct light coming from the sun. As the sun rises in the sky, the direct sunlight becomes brighter and the moon is no longer visible.
By the way someone mentioned above that the sun is the only source of light in the sky. This is incorrect since the stars are suns also and generate their own light.

Answer 3

You see the Moon in daylight for the same reason you can see anything during the day:
1) it's in your field of vision
2) The sun is shining on it.

The Moon rotates around the earth once a month (roughly); the earth spins every 24 hours (again, roughly). When the moon is on the side of the Earth away from the Sun, we only see it at night, and it's full or thereabouts. When it is on the side toward the Sun, it's there during the day, but we can't see it because the Sun is so bright (unless the Moon gets exactly between us and the Sun, then we have an eclipse).

When it is in a position at right-angles to the line from Earth to Sun, you'll see a half moon high in the sky at either midnight or mid-day, depending which side it's on.

Answer 4

The moon is a little satellite orbiting the Earth. The Earth orbits the Sun. There is no reason why they shouldn't both be visible at the same time. The moon (&stars) do not only 'come out' at night. The only reason you can see them (and everything else that you've ever seen) is because they reflect light from the sun (the ONLY source of light)

Answer 5

The phenomenon depends highly on the level illumination exhibited by the sun which varies depending on the time of the day. It is mostly low at dawn and dusk so the moon and stars may be visible at these times. And it is at the highest level during nooon when most of the heavenly bodies are not visible.

Answer 6

It happens whenever the moon is on the daylight side of the Earth and positioned so that the Earth does not shadow the moon from the Sun.

Answer 7

its they time it takes for the moon to orbit the earth, and the earth to orbit the sun. Sometimes they appear at opposite ends of the earth (lunar eclipse), and sometimes they meet in the middle ( solar eclipse). Nice to see them in the sky at the same time though....

Answer 8

There are just times when both are in view.

It does look weird, but consider that we are spinning at 1000mph write now. That's weird.

The stars are always in the sky - in the daytime we can't see them - that's also weird.

Answer 9

The moon is reflecting the sunlight. You just happen to be at the right angle that you can see both.

Answer 10

It's all to do with being at the right angle to see them, they are always there.