2007-02-28 09:02:11 · 8 answers · asked by Gale 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Night and day are determined by which side of the earth is facing the sun - so, you'll never see the sun at night. (by definition.)
The moon orbits the earth - so it doesn't determine night & day.
Make sense?
2007-02-28 09:13:31 · answer #1 · answered by tigglys 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Starting with the full moon - A day or two before the "full moon" you will see the
moon rise just before sunset. At full moon it will rise as the sun sets, and of course
after the sun sets as the time goes on. Each night after, notice how the light on the
moon shrinks from full to last quarter and then to nothing (a 2 week time period).
Also during this time you will notice the moon "traveling" closer to the sun.
Two weeks from full moon (day may vary) look for the sliver of the moon just before sunset.
As the moon moves into NEW moon and you cannot see at all, watch for it to become noticable
as a sliver in the other direction as the sun sets. Follow the light on the moon as
it expands to first quarter and then to full. So you can actually see the moon and the sun
at the same time virtually most of the month.
2007-03-01 12:59:14 · answer #2 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun generates its own energy and therefore its own light. Night is the lack of this light being visible from the "dark side" of the earth. Day is when this light is visible directly. So, day and night are defined by the sun. The moon can be visible during both day and night as long as the light coming direcly from the sun, reflecting off the moon is visible from your position on the earth.
2007-02-28 17:17:04 · answer #3 · answered by yopopso 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon reflects the light of the sun during the day. The shadow of the earth occludes all sunlight from crossing the terminator(the line on the earth separating day from night).
2007-03-01 00:31:55 · answer #4 · answered by Kenneth H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it's night, the earth is between you and the sun, hence you can't see it.
During the day you can sometimes see the moon when sun the sun is shiining on (and therefore lighting) part or all of the side of it that you can see
2007-02-28 17:07:52 · answer #5 · answered by Tony W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the earth blocks the sun relative to your position at night, hence the darkness.
2007-02-28 17:08:24 · answer #6 · answered by Pfo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the moon orbits both sun and earth and its smaller
but earth is revolving as it orbits sun so you can't see it at nite
2007-02-28 17:38:49 · answer #7 · answered by gan_dyna15 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can see the sun at night if you go to the north or south polar region.
2007-02-28 17:12:39 · answer #8 · answered by The Dest 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋