Would the Moon appear upside down from the Southern Hemisphere?

Question

or would it appear the same as the Northern?

Answer 1

Yes it does, and I have seen it!

In the Northern Hemisphere, you can see the "Man in the Moon." (His two "eyes" are the Sea of Serenity and the Sea of Rain, and his "mouth" the Sea of Clouds in the moon's southern hemisphere.) There is also the well-known "Lady in the Moon."

If you look from the earth's Southern Hemisphere, the "Lady in the Moon" rises face down, then continues so that after midnight she is "standing" on her head. Meanwhile, when the full moon is at its highest, you'll be able to notice the "Boy in the Moon," in which the Sea of Serenity and the Sea of Clouds become the eyes, while the western Sea of Rain (moon-western, that is) is the boy's mouth.

You can see this in the Northern Hemisphere too, of course, if you look at the full moon through your legs. It is not obvious, though, except in the Southern Hemisphere.

By the way, not just the moon, but all the constellations too appear upside down in the Southern Hemisphere. The most striking is Orion, who traverses the sky "on his head" on Southern mid-summer nights.

P.S. Brickbats to those who scoffed at your question. It's a good question, and by some of their answers the scoffers demonstrate only that they don't seem to travel very much!

Answer 2

A fact often missed is that in the southern hemisphere, the Moon appears to be upside-down compared to the view from the northern hemisphere, or, for people in the south, the northerners have an upside-down image of it.

The south pole is oriented towards the galactic centre and this, combined with clearer skies, makes for excellent viewing of the night sky from the southern hemisphere, with brighter and more numerous stars.

Answer 3

That is a good question, I don't think you guys are really thinking about it. I think it might be upside down.

If Northerners are looking at the southern horizon and Southerners are looking at their northern horizon, then it prob will be upside down. You all have to remember we live on a sphere.

I like that one.

Answer 4

If the observer is observing things upside down he believes that what he see is upside down where in reality its the observer that is upside down. So the way the moon is observed depends on the type of people on the earth who are the observers. Basically there are various types of people on the earth. Those who live right side up ,those who exist upside down and those who are side ways.

Answer 5

It would appear the same. It only appears upside down when you do a 360 in the Enterprise at Warp 2.

Answer 6

No, the moon would remain the same, it's the people in Oz that are upside down.

Answer 7

Not unless you started at the north pole and went to the south pole. It DOES appear at various angles between those, depending on your latitude. In Los Angeles, it's seen at a 32 degree angle off of 'vertical'.

Answer 8

The moon is always "right side up"
So, No --- it would appear the exact same !!

Your tastes for certain foods however could be somewhat different !! Otherwise--- how does one make an explaination
for veggemite !!

Answer 9

how do you know its right side up to the northern hemisphere

Answer 10

It would appear the same