why can moon and sun appear at the same time?

Answer 1

The moon revolves around the earth several times each time the earth circles the sun, so some times they're lined up with the moon in the middle or off to one side. If it's not too closely lined up with the sun, the moon is usually lit up brightly enough to see even in broad daylight if you bother to look. (Most people don't.) If they line up just right you get a solar eclipse.

Answer 2

Man People really. The Moon is seen at night because we are on the opposite side of the earth then the sun is shining and the moon is on the same side as us. What we see is the light reflecting off the moon. When we are on the side where the sun is, we see the sun's light directly. The sun is the only one that gives off light. The moon does not. It just reflects the light that comes from the sun. (that's why sometimes there are half and quarter moons) The moon and sun are always up there. Just sometimes you can't see the moon because of the brighter light of the sun. Sometimes (in the morning or evening) the sun's light isn't overpowering and you can see a faint moon as well.

Answer 3

I thought its because the earth casts a shawdow on the moon at certain points in the month whitch makes it visable during daylight

then I just saw this:

you can see the moon even against
the blue backdrop of the daytime sky, because the moon is very BRIGHT!
It isn't anywhere near as bright as the Sun of course. After all, it only
shines by reflecting light from the Sun anyway - and not that well. But
it is brighter than any OTHER natural object in the sky.

(You can confirm this for yourself by going out into the country on a
moonlit night, and noticing how much brighter the sky and the landscape
both look than compared with a time when the moon is NOT up. There's a
reason why our ancestors called the Autumn full moon the "Harvest Moon":
it was bright enough to keep harvesting their crops all night long!)

In fact, there is one other object which is just BARELY bright enough to
be visible in the daytime, besides the moon and sun: that's the planet
Venus - the third brightest natural light source in the sky. If you know
EXACTLY where to look in the daytime sky, and Venus isn't too close to
the Sun, so you are able to put yourself in the shadow of a convenient
building to block out the Sun's glare, Venus looks like a pale little
"star" shining amid the blue heavens - very pretty, in fact!
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Answer 4

The Sun doesnt move ...
but the moon orbits earth, and earth orbits the sun.
with that in mind, the sun & the moon can be seen at the same time during the day, when the moon's orbit is on the daylight side of the earth.

Answer 5

Because the moon light's strength can overcome the jumble of scattered light that makes up our blue sky and become directly visible. This happens when it is at a slight angle with respect to the sun, so you are really seeing reflected sunlight.

If you referring to position, the moons 28 day rotation around the earth and the earth's 24 hour rotation means its position varies constantly, and sometimes it is on the sun side of your perspective, sometimes on the opposite (night) side.

Answer 6

The moon orbits the earth, which means that at some point it has to be on the same side as the sun.

Answer 7

Well, it all depends on the lighting in the sky. If the sun is blocked by clouds or getting ready to set, the moon is usually visible. The moon and stars are always there, the sun is just very bright and drowns out all other bodies in the sky.

Answer 8

Do you mean when you see the sun and the moon at same time?
well the sun and moon never go away like hide behind a rock or anything so you will always see them. (sometimes you cant see the moon on bright days because the sunslight makes it hard to see)

Answer 9

the moon rotates around the earth at a different speed than the earth rotates around the sun so at some point you will see them both. it's a bit like the hands on a clock the moon being the secondhand and the sun being the minute hand

Answer 10

it happens when the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth. the moon simply reflects light from the sun, and they will both be visible in the sky.