why we never see the shadow or reflection of the satellite during fullmoon at night?

Answer 1

Because it does not pass between where you are and the moon, or between the sun and the moon (and if it did I would think it would be so small on such a bright field any shadow would be lost in the 'blur' and distance)

Answer 2

The International Space Station is the largest satellite angular size (almost sure) and can be up to 3/4 a minute of arc.

Transits of the Moon are rare, so you'll either have to travel or wait. (I mean how many times can it cross such a tiny disk when it comes about once a day?)

Now, 45 seconds in size is the maximum, and even that will probably be invisible with the naked eye (the Moon is bright)

Whatmore, it takes only half a second to zip by, so your only chance is too look through a telescope and know exactly when to pay attention. This has been photographed, many times, and also crossing the Sun. You can find them on Google under solar lunar transits ISS.

Lunar reflections are even harder. Iridiums are the brightest flashers, and can reach magnitude -8 to -9 and they use the Sun.

The Full Moon is almost a million times dimmer, so lunar satellite reflections can only reach mag 6 or 5, very dim. And even that bright for only the barest few seconds every few months. However, the Moon is that bright for only 1 or 2 days a month, you'd have to wait years for one barely visible to the naked eye! Again, it might be easier to use binoculars (and point them in the exact right place and exact 3 seconds!)

As for their literal shadows and reflections on Earth, oh please, that's thousands or millions of times outside of reality, satellites are REALLY FAR AWAY, and very tiny.

So, yes they happen, but are so exceedingly fleeting hard to see and rare, taking 0.5 seconds and 3 seconds, that you will almost certainly never notice without knowing it was coming beforehand.
Really you should just wait until the Moon rises or sets over an airplane approach path and watch them fly in front of the Moon. At least that you can see with your eye.

(It's also very easy to see the regular ISS or Iridium flares, they're as bright as bright stars and Iridiums much brighter)

Answer 3

Satellites are usually only a few feet in diameter. The orbit of the satellite is usually over 100 miles away. Your eyes can not perceive such a small object at that distance and the light from the surface of the moon is very great. The light being scattered by the atmosphere would further blur the silhouette of the satellite.

Answer 4

Satellites are very small. The dist. between the satellite and you is very large. Hence no shadow is visible. But sometimes satellites can be seen as small moving dots on a clear night sky.

Answer 5

Strictly speaking there is a shadow, but the satellite it so hight that the shadow is so out of focus it can't be detected.

Answer 6

I think its because the light is so vast and the satellite is so small that the light goes around it.

Answer 7

It is like trying to spot a speck of dust on a lit 100 watt bulb

Answer 8

most satelites are in orbit thousands of feet or several miles above earth. also there is a lot of light pollution on earth too

Answer 9

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