Not always. The Sun is always shining on half the earth, and when there is a full moon no part of the back side of our moon is shining.The only time that happens is for a split second every 27-28 days when the new moon happens.
The sun is always shining. It's been shining for four and a half billion years and will continue to shine for [it is assumed] another seven and a half billion years.
There is never a time when the sun isn't shining. The sun has been shining for four and a half billion years and will continue to shine for [it is assumed] another seven and a half billion years.
Sunlight is always shining on one half of the Earth as the planet rotates on its axis, causing day and night. This rotation creates a cycle of 24 hours with half of the globe facing the sun ("day side") and the other half facing away from it ("night side").
Earth has day and nights because the sun can only shine on one part of the Earth at a time, resulting in one half of the Earth in darkness, and one half of the Earth with light. The days and nights last only 12 hours because the Earth rotates around the sun once every 24 hours. Half of the time, the sun will shine an a particular spot on the Earth, the other half of the time, the sun will not shine causing darkness.
The Sun shines all the time, but only one side of the Earth can face the Sun, and this constantly changes as the Earth spins. The Sun does not actually go around the Earth, but it seems to as the Earth rotates.At night, you are on the half of the Earth that is facing away from the Sun, so it is still shining, but on the other side of the Earth. You can still see some of the Sun's light at night, because it is the light that is reflected by the Moon.
No. The Earth is roughly a sphere, so only half the Earth is lit at a time.
The sun does not shine at night because it is on the other side of the Earth, providing light to the other half of the globe. The Earth rotates on its axis, causing different parts to face the sun at different times. This rotation creates the cycle of day and night. So, when it's nighttime for you, it's daytime for someone on the opposite side of the Earth.
in Alaska, the northern half of the Earth where it snows usually, Michigan, and the south pole.
Astronauts land on a half moon the same way that they would land on the moon any other time. A half moon is created when the sun is shining on only part of the moon, therefore making only that part visible. The other part that the sun is not shining upon is still there, just people on earth cannot see it because we are so far away.
From the first quarter moon face, the right side is the shining side. The first quarter moon occurs when half of the moon's face is illuminated and visible from Earth.
It's easy to do a simple experiment to answer that question. Just shine a flashlight on a tennis ball. No matter how you turn them and twist them, the flashlight always illuminates 1/2 of the ball ... 50% ... no more and no less. Since the earth and the moon are both almost exactly ball-shaped, there is always half of the earth and half of the moon illuminated, and the other half of each in dark.
The Phases of the moon are caused by the sun shining on one side of the moon- the other side is in shadow. When the moon is beside the earth with the sun shining on half of it, you will see a 1/2 full moon.