Why is the Moonout during the day?????

Question

Why somedays in the mid afternoon can you see the moon up in the sky???

Answer 1

The moon orbits the Earth. Sometimes the moon is on the same side of the Earth as the sun, so it can be seen in the daytime sky. Look at this diagram I created to get a visual description of this:

http://public.clunet.edu/~sjfahmie/halfmoonday.jpg

Answer 2

Only during full moon does the moon set when the sun rises and rise when the sun sets. The moon orbits the earth every 28 days, so it's in a different position in the sky every day.

Answer 3

The moon rotates around the earth every 28 days.

Answer 4

Because at that point in the moon's orbit it is on the same side of Earth as the Sun.

Answer 5

Moonlight is light reflected off of the sun. During the day, the light of the sun overpowers it, so it becomes harder to see. We can see the moon because it is there, in our view. Even though our earth rotates, by midafternoon the moon is in view.

Answer 6

Because it is bright enough. The stars are in the sky during the daytime too, but they aren't bright enough to see.