2007-02-17 23:19:15 · 29 answers · asked by twocoats 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The shadow of Earth. What did you think - somebody had pulled the blinds...........!
2007-02-17 23:31:08 · answer #1 · answered by Norton G 6 · 0⤊ 7⤋
Nothing does.
The part of the moon that we can see is the part that is lit up by the Sun. When we see a half moon we can only see half of the sunlit part of it. Hold a ball near a bright lamp and look at it from different angles to get the same effect.
We have a full moon when the Earth is between it and the Sun but there's only a couple of times a year when the Earth is perfectly placed so its shadow passes across the moon; that is when you have an eclipse of the moon.
2007-02-17 23:32:47 · answer #2 · answered by cosmick 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It can't be the earth's shadow - this would be a partial eclipse.
It is the position of the moon in relation to the sun .. only part of the moon is receiving the direct light from the sun.
A full moon is such that the moon is in a position where the face is receiving the full light of the sun.
Example: If you shine a torch on the side of someone's bare butt in the dark, you only see a part of his/her butt.
If you slowly move round the butt, more and more butt is seen until you have a full butt lit up i.e. Full Moon.
2007-02-18 05:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by Norrie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shadow. Depending on the angle of the moon to the sun and the earth, different amounts of the moon are lit, and also visable from Earth. (Aka, when it's a new moon, nothing is blocking the moon from the Earth, but the shadow from the Earth casts the moon into shadow, giving the appearance it isn't there.)
2007-02-18 05:24:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The full moon is always there. However, because of positioning at different times of the month, the sun only lights up a section of it.
2007-02-17 23:30:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing the moon is always facing the sun. It is our view from earth that we see that the sun is only shining on part of the moon.
The only time when the light, from the sun does not fall directly on the moon is a lunar eclipse.
2007-02-18 10:12:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shade. Because of the angle between the Sun, Moon and Earth, we may see only a part of the lit area and the dark portion is in shadow (of the moon itself). It's similar to how one side of Earth is in the sun (daylight) and the other is in darkness (night). Only during an eclipse of the moon is it different - then it is the Earth's shadow that falls on the Moon.
2007-02-17 23:46:54 · answer #7 · answered by FrameExpert 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Nothing covers the moon. What you see is the portion of the moon that sunlight cannot reach.
2007-02-18 02:34:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing covers it. light shines on part of it so you only see that part which is in sunlight. You unly see a full moon when the sun is shining directly on it so there is no shadow.
2007-02-17 23:27:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, it is simply the Sun illuminates it partially. If you want an example, put an apple near a bulb light and observe it from different spatial points.
2007-02-17 23:35:09 · answer #10 · answered by Jano 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The shadow of the earth. Or a big blanket possibly
2007-02-19 08:01:58 · answer #11 · answered by sammycinnamon 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋