Why is the moon and the sun out at the same time?

Question

From my 3 1/2 yr old who is learning to use the computer as a a learning/research tool. We couldn't find the answer from google, so thought we would try here.

Why in the mornings can you see the sun and moon at the same time. He beleives they are "having a conversation." If so, what are they talking about?????

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Answer 1

You can see the moon in the early morning because the sky isn't bright enough to outshine the light reflected off the moon from the sun. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

That's because the moon's orbit around the earth and the period of the earth's rotation around its axis are different. The moon takes 28 days to make one orbit of the earth while the earth only takes 24 hours to make one revolution. This means that the moon rises about 50 minutes later each night. Eventually the moon and the sun are in the sky at the same time. Note that you cannot have a full moon in the sky during the day since during a full moon the earth and the sun and the moon all line up with the moon being on the dark side of the earth.

Answer 3

it's just the orbit of the moon around the earth. imagine it being 3 O' clock in the afternoon, and the moon is where the sun would be if it was 8 in the morning, the light from the sun would hit the moon in such a way, that even though you wouldn't be able to see ALL of the moon, you would still see the light where the sun reflected off. it works the same with 8 in the morning and the moon being a 4 in the afternoon, or any other two times where the sun is visible, but only in the parts of the month where the moon is on that side of the Earth.

they probably talk about astrophysics, and place bets on who will land on the moon next, and what the name of the next probe to orbit the sun will be. they DO have quite a bit of free time... =)

Answer 4

It sounds like your kid is very observant! Because the Moon revolves around the Earth, it is in a different position every day. In fact it's in the sky roughly 12 hours out of every 24, and that 12 hours shifts by 50 minutes from one day to the next because of its motion.

You can also see the planet Venus in the daytime sky, if you know exactly where to look; I've done this many times.

Answer 5

The Moon revolves around the Earth. That means sometimes it's on the dark side, and sometimes it's on the Sun side.

Answer 6

Hi. Gravity and orbits (if they could talk). They are often visible in the sky together because the Moon is brighter than the sky.

Answer 7

The Moon is bright enough so that you can see it in full daylight. The stars are up during the daytime too, but they are not bright enough to see in the bright blue daytime sky.

Answer 8

I guess because the moon likes to stay up late

Answer 9

they like each other