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Because the side of the moon facing us is in the dark. Also, the moon is too close to the sun to be visible. It is possible to see a new moon with the right telescope. A new moon is also visible during a total solar eclipse.
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Why cannot see moom on new moon day?
At new moon day, the Moon is right in front of the Sun, or very near the Sun (not in km., but in angular measurement - it is approximately in the same direction); this makes it difficult to see it.
What phase is the Moon in when you cannot see?
the new moon
When the sky is totally dark an you cannot see the moon?
Technically speaking, when you cannot see the moon, it is a new moon. But my thinking is that if you can't see the moon, how can it be new? So my definition of a new moon is when you can see a smile in the sky because the moon is happy that it has just been born, but when you see a frown in the sky, the moon is sad because it is dying. Then you get the scientific "new moon."
When you cannot see the moon at all what is it called?
New Moon, they call it.
What do you call the moon when you cannot see it at all?
It is called a new moon.
Why the moon cannot be seen on new moon day?
A new moon happens when the Earth, Sun, and moon are aligned in a way so that the moon reflects the Sun's rays away from Earth. Since there is no light coming to the Earth from the moon, we can't see the moon.
What phase is the moon when we cannot see it at all?
New Moon.. Learn your astrology.
Why is it sometimes you can see the moon in the day and sometimes you can't see it at night?
u cant see the moon at night when its new moon I'm not sure about the day
When is the moon not the moon?
The moon is always the moon - though we cannot see it in the phase known as "new moon" - but it's still there.
When you cannot see any of thelit up part of the moon it is called a?
New Moon
What is the moon in its orbit when you cannot see it at all?
That's at the "new" moon, when the Moon is very close to the Sun.
How full the new moon?
The "new moon" by definition is the moon phase where it is completely in the earth's shadow, and we cannot see it at all. New moon is the exact opposite of "full moon".
