And if so, what phase would the moon be in and are they both visible?
2006-10-17 14:11:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Thank you. Yes, but I mean on the same horizon?
2006-10-17 14:15:07 · update #1
I was just wondering since the moon rises about 50 minutes later each day if there is a time when it would be rising in the east at the same time the sun is rising in the east or setting in the west at the same time the sun is setting in the west.
2006-10-17 14:18:12 · update #2
I was thinking about the various latitudes of the earth during different seasons and the motions of the earth and moon which prompted me to ask the question. I appreciate the sincere and thoughtful answers. It doesn't take a lot of knowledge on my part to recognize an arrogant and patronizing answer, Nick S. Perhaps people know less than you think they should because they have been taught just with that sort of attitude. There is a lot to learn not only about astronomy, but also humanity.
2006-10-17 14:49:53 · update #3
You generally can't see the Moon when it's really close to the Sun, except when it's eclipsing the Sun. Here's a picture of a solar eclipse on the horizon: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020610.html
Anyhow, the phase when the Moon is closest to the Sun is New. But you don't see the Moon at all when it is within about 18 hours of exactly new. The day after the New Moon you can see a thin sliver of Moon just after sunset.
2006-10-17 15:35:27 · answer #1 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoever said "what are they teaching the kids these days" sure hit the nail on the head.
New moon - sun and moon in the same part of the sky (otherwise why would the moon be invisible)
Full moon - sun and moon opposite, otherwise how would the sun illuminate the whole face of the moon from our perspective.
It doesn't even require knowledge, does it?
Unless of course like many people, they don't realise that the moon's phases are simply a case of where the sun's light is striking the moon.
When the question was asked recently, people came back and said the moons phases were due to the Earth's shadow. (Shakes head in utter amazement)
2006-10-17 14:33:25 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Each new moon, the sun and the moon are essentially at the same place in ths sky, and there is always a palce in the worls where the sun is rising and one where the sun is setting. At that time, ain those places, the sun and the moon are rising at the same time, or setting at the same time. But you won't be able to really see the moon in the sun's glare, unless there happens to be a solar eclipse.
On a full moon, the sun is rising when the moon is setting, and vice versa.
2006-10-17 14:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As an 19 year old soldier in northern Thailand in 1970, I was traveling down a road with flat rice patties on my left and right, to my left the sun was rising, to my right the moon was just setting , it appeared as though there were two suns on the horizon, it was an amazing sight, I was completely caught off guard, and because I worked all night and had been smoking some major gunshy (weed), I always had questioned what I saw, True story.
2016-02-14 05:22:42 · answer #4 · answered by Hondo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. At the moment of solar eclipse - if you 're lucky enough to be at the moment and place exactly where and when it enters/leaves the Earth.
2006-10-17 14:22:04 · answer #5 · answered by Sad Roger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, every month on full moon day. But, if you want to see both, do that a day or two BEFORE full moon.
2006-10-17 14:12:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋