what is it called when the sun and the moon can be seen in the sky at the same time? like 2:00pm?

Question

Sometimes you look up and seen the moon and it is daytime. I would like to know what that is called or what the name of it is, when the moon and the sun can been seen at the same time in the middle of the day.
Thank you in advance

Answer 1

There is no special name for this. The sunlight that reflects off the Moon is bright enough to overcome the diffuse sky radiation and bee seen during the daytime, unlike the stars which are too faint. The full moon rises around sunset and is in the sky during most of the night. When the Moon is less full, it's because it is away from the line between the Earth and Sun, which causes it to rise during the day instead.

Answer 2

All space bodies travel in cycles/circles....they also move in an up and down pattern on the way called "declination" so when you see both sun and moon in the day sky it is because the moon is at a similar declination to the sun in it's normal path. (declination is the distance from north to south of the equator- the sun's declination limit is the tropics of cancer and capricorn or 23 degrees, the moon goes a bit further) Imagine a wavy up and down pattern being created as the moon travels in a circle around earth, all the planets do the same thing. This is also the reason that the "eclipses" are not always exact. If they stayed at the same longitude and lattitude then they would eclipse eachother several times a year. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

There is no special name for this as it is a normal everyday occurrence: the Sun and the Moon are each above the horizon half the time, so can be seen together in the daylight sky about a quarter of the time.

Answer 4

I see it everyday, nothing really special. its just the rotation of the earth