When is the moon visible during the day?

Question

I need to know why, too.

Answer 1

Which phases of the moon can we see during the day?

Answer: Actually, you can see all of them except for the phases new and full. So, the phases you can see during the day are: waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning crescent. For the moon to be visible during the day, it must be up in the sky at the same time as the sun, but not so close to the sun in the sky that you can't see it. The full moon rises at sunset, is up all night, and sets at sunrise, so you can't see a full moon in the daytime. And for a few days closest to new moon, the moon is too close to the sun in the sky, and the phase is too thin for you to see. Our Daytime Moon Calendar restricts things even further, because it was designed to help students and teachers during the school day -- between 8:30 AM and 2:30 PM. Explore our daytime moon calendars to look at specific examples. These changes in phases, and the changes in when you can see the moon in the sky are caused by the fact that the moon orbits around the Earth: so the angle between the moon and the sun in the sky is always changing.

Answer 2

The moon is visible during the day about half the time. The moon goes around the earth once a month, and the earth spins once a day. So for roughly twelve hours every day the moon will be visible. But this is nothing to do with whether it is day or night. Sometimes the moon is up during the day, sometimes during the night.

Answer 3

Hi. It is visible during the day almost always. At full moon the Sun sets and the Moon rises at about the same time because the Moon is in back of the Earth getting full sunshine, which reflects back to Earth.

Answer 4

Sex Goddess - great answer, but a bit of advice from writer - split your paragraphs up. Young people learning tend not to take the time to read long paragraphs.

And regarding this question - isn't it worrisome that something as common as seeing the moon in daytime eludes so many people in our modern age?

Answer 5

sometimes you can see the moon at like 10:00....because it goes thru this kind of phase...i cant explain...but mostly during the day..it be like 9:00 or 10:00

Answer 6

when is it visible during the day? you need to go to school, i dont usually say that,but you need it!!! im not saying your dumb or nothing....but you really need it!!!

Answer 7

when the moon is out. and when i say "out", i mean it is on, but when i say on, i don't necessarily mean out,no what i mean?

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_cycle