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If the sun can't shine on the moon, then the moon isn't illuminated, and it's not visible.
Think of it this way:
You take a flashlight and a tennis ball into a dark room. You turn on the flashlight and point it at
the tennis ball. You notice that you can see the tennis ball. Now your little brother, who has been
hiding in the room all along, jumps up out of hiding, and sticks a Basketball right between the flashlight
and the tennis ball. The front of the basketball is now illuminated, but the tennis ball is dark. It is in
the shadow of the basketball. As long as your brother stands there and holds the basketball in the way,
the ants on the dark, 'night' side of the basketball may witness a stunning eclipse of the tennis ball.
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Are there eclipses on the moon?
Sure! What we call a lunar eclipse is the shadow of the earth on the moon. So if you were on the moon, you would see the earth block out the sun.
Which moon phase cannot be seen from earth?
the New Moon is difficult to see from the earth since the sunlit side of the moon is turned away from the earth.
Why does the earth not block the sun from reaching the moon during a full moon?
The earth does not block the sun during *most* full moons because it is not *directly* between the sun and moon. If the earth does block the sun from the moon, then the earth must be directly between the sun and moon. This will happen at full moon, since the three must be in a line, and you would see the full moon, then the eclipse, then the moon fully illuminated again.
Why can you see the full moon only at night?
Because this is how the moon cycle works: MOON---EARTH---SUN=full moon EARTH---MOON---SUN=new moon. So, when you see the moon during the daytime, it's because its orbit is interfering with the Sun's. But during a full moon, when the moon is behind the Earth, it cannot interfere. See?
Where is the moon when you cannot see it?
The moon is still present in the sky even when you cannot see it. Its position changes based on its orbit around the Earth, and factors like its phase and time of day affect its visibility to observers on Earth.
During what phase can the moon not be seen from earth?
the new moon cannot be seen from earth because there is no sunlight hitting the moon so there is no reflection to see in the sky
Why does the moon block the sun only from the earth?
We see a solar eclipse, when the moon passes across the sun, because of where we are viewing the phenomena from.
How come you cannot see a new moon in the sky?
Because a new moon - is hidden by the shadow that the Earth casts.
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.
Why is it that you cannot see the other side of the moon from earth?
That is because you are looking at the moon from only one side, and the moon does not rotate, so therefor, we don't see the dark side of the moon.
What is te difference between a full moon and a new moon?
The moon 'shines' by the light it reflects from the sun. When the moon is on the opposite side of the earth to the sun, sunlight is reflected from the full hemisphere of the moon we can see. this is a full moon.When the moon is on the same side of the sun the sunlight falls on the side we cannot see so no light is reflected to earth and we cannot see the moon even if it is above the horizon. This is a new moon.
Can the moon heat up earth like the sun?
No, it cannot. Virtually all the light we see from the moon is reflected sunlight; the moon is not putting out energy.
