At just about any phase, you can see half of the Moon's surface. Close to new moon, however, it may be hard to see the dark side.
At just about any phase, you can see half of the Moon's surface. Close to new moon, however, it may be hard to see the dark side.
New moon.
This is the first quarter phase. The moon looks half lit, half in shadow, but you actually can only see one quarter of the moons surface at this point (during a full moon, you would only be able to see half of the moons surface - the half that faces us).
Earth's moon (surface area) - 14,645,750 square miles.
Any person on earth can see the phase of the moon by looking for the moon in the night sky. The only reason you would not be able to determine the phase of the moon by observational means would be if the night sky was obscured by clouds.
At just about any phase, you can see half of the Moon's surface. Close to new moon, however, it may be hard to see the dark side.
Full moon
Full Moon
New moon.
It is a new moon.
No. None of the lunar surface is visible from Earth during the New Moon phase.
This is the first quarter phase. The moon looks half lit, half in shadow, but you actually can only see one quarter of the moons surface at this point (during a full moon, you would only be able to see half of the moons surface - the half that faces us).
Earth's moon (surface area) - 14,645,750 square miles.
The moon has a surface area of about 37.93 million square kilometers.
the surface of the moon is 0.074 of earth's surface area
It's called a gibbous moon, and it is a moon phase where more than half of the visible surface of the moon can be seen.
The low sunken surface area on the moon is the result of when the surface of the moon was once struck by a large meteorite.