Does the phase of the moon affect the number of visible stars in the night sky?

Answer 1

The phase of the Moon affects the number of stars visible in the night sky by creating sufficient background light that our eyes cannot discern fainter stars. So stargazing during a full Moon is rather pointless.

Answer 2

The apparent size changes, but not with the phases. The moon has an elliptical orbit and appears a little bigger when it is closest to earth. Sometimes that is at full moon, other times it might be new moon or anything in between.

Answer 3

No!

Unless there is lunar eclipse in progress where the Moon is in the Earth's shadow, one half is illuminated. The phases of the Moon relate to how much of the illuminated side we can see from Earth. That is, all the illuminated side for a full Moon, and none for a new Moon.

Answer 4

Some calendars are based on the lunar (Moon) cycle. The commonly used Gregorian Calendar is not directly related to the movement of the Moon.

Some calendars are based on the lunar (Moon) cycle. The commonly used Gregorian Calendar is not directly related to the movement of the Moon.

Some calendars are based on the lunar (Moon) cycle. The commonly used Gregorian Calendar is not directly related to the movement of the Moon.

Some calendars are based on the lunar (Moon) cycle. The commonly used Gregorian Calendar is not directly related to the movement of the Moon.

Answer 5

The question as asked is largely gibberish despite every word in it being a valid English word and containing no glaring grammar errors or misspellings.

Some information based on guesses as to what you might have been trying to ask:

The moon does not appear in the same place at the same time every night.

The moon does not appear in the same place at the same time every night even when it's at a particular phase (for example: the full moon rises at sunset, but this isn't the same time every night the Moon is full, because sunset doesn't occur at the same time every night (unless you're on the equator).

Answer 6

Hmmm. Certainly they are RELATED, but phases don't "affect" how much of the Moon is illuminated. Phases DESCRIBE how much of the Moon's visible surface is illuminated.

Half of the Moon is always lit up by the Sun. The Moon is pretty much spherical, so half of the Moon is lit up. But that's not always the half that we see. What we SEE is always the SAME side of the Moon, as the Moon, in its orbit, spins slowly to always point the same face to the Earth.

When the Moon is "full", then the lit half _is_ the visible half. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the Moon slowly turns to turn the hidden "farside" into the sunlight. When the Moon is "new", then the visible face of the Moon is dark, and the hidden farside has its two-week-long "day".

Answer 7

Some calendars are based on the lunar (Moon) cycle. The commonly used Gregorian Calendar is not directly related to the movement of the Moon.

Answer 8

It does not.