The Moon's the same wherever you are?

Question

Is a half-moon in London still a half-moon in Tibet?

Answer 1

Yes, it's the same.

When it's a first quarter moon in London, it's the same east and west, north and south.

The moon is a quarter-million miles away. Even if two observers on earth were separated by the entire width of our planet, they'd only be 8,000 miles apart, a small fraction of the distance from the earth to the moon. So we see the same phase at the same time.

Of course, when the moon is at its highest in the sky, say, in London, it's out of sight from the opposite side of the world, New Zealand. It takes the earth several hours to turn so that those New Zealand people can see the moon come up, and in that time the phase will have changed ever so slightly. But you absolutely cannot have say, a first quarter in London and a full moon in Tibet.

Answer 2

Tibets moon is a different moon from the moon in London. Each nation has it's own moon. (except the poorer nations)

Answer 3

Yes...the parallax of seeing the moon is the same as it is in the same position in relation to the sun and earth. May be just a matter of time differentce. Your moon rise is later/earlier than someone elses.