does the moon look the same all over the places?

Question

or how far/wide is the earth surface area that is 'covered' by the moonlight

Answer 1

The phases of the moon are the same everywhere on the earth(neglecting changing of a phase during some 24 hour period). The moon is visible from one entire hemisphere at all times (if it is visible at all). Actually, the moon is visible from slightly more than a hemisphere at one time, due to the refractive effects of the atmosphere of the earth.

Now, due to parallax effects slightly more of the northern hemisphere of the moon can be seen at any one time from the northern hemisphere of earth, and more of the southern hemisphere of the moon is visible from the southern hemisphere of the earth. Similarly, slightly more of the eastern hemisphere of the moon is visible as the moon rises and slightly more of the western hemisphere as it sets. You probably will not notice the parallax effect, however, as it is very small.

Answer 2

Yeah, it does look the to everyone on Earth. The moon rotates at the same time the Earth does, so we all only get to see one side. The other side of the moon has only been seen recently with the use of spacecrafts.

Answer 3

Nope, it doesn't. I live in NZ at 46 degrees south latitude. If you're in western Alaska and the weather is clear in both places, there's a good chance that we'll both see the moon at the same time, if it's high in the sky. What I see will be upside down compared with what you see.

Answer 4

yes wherever you are on earth the moon looks the same. only the one side can be seen from earth

Answer 5

ya