I was on the beach Christmas Eve 2005 in Galveston, Texas; and the sky was clear, littered with stars but no moon. I turned all around looking for it but only saw stars. What the hell happened to the moon?
2007-01-03 12:22:00 · 8 answers · asked by dathtowngurll 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The moon orbits around the earth, so once every 14 days the moon is on the other side of the earth. This is called a new moon.
Another possibility is that the moon hadn't risen yet. The moon rises at different times on different days.
That day, It was probably a new moon, or the moon had not risen yet.
2007-01-03 13:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by tk_pinna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another possibility, since the moon orbits the Earth, is that the moon was on the other side of the Earth.
2007-01-03 12:30:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon didn't rise till after midnight that night. It was last quarter.
Lots of stars. You might have been on the less light polluted part of the island, or maybe there was a blackout somewhere.
2007-01-03 19:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by anonymous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was on the other side of the Earth. The moon orbits around the earth. Sometimes it is above the daylight side of the Earth, and sometimes it is above the nighttime side of the Earth.
2007-01-03 12:31:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was either a new moon or the moon had not risen yet.
2007-01-03 13:38:18 · answer #5 · answered by bldudas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was probably a new moon, so the earth was blocking the suns rays to the moon
2007-01-03 12:57:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It was probably behind thick clouds that you couldn't see.
2007-01-03 12:29:32 · answer #7 · answered by Mandi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
new moon.
2007-01-03 13:28:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋