How much of the lit side of the moon is visible during a new moon?

Answer 1

During the new moon you can't see no bright side because the sun is facing away from the moon.

Answer 2

The Moon is a giant BALL of rock; it is pretty much spherical. Precisely 50% of the Moon is always illuminated by the Sun.

We can always SEE 50% of the Moon's surface. What we see as "phases" of the Moon is the varying overlap between the half that we can see and the half that is illuminated.

At the "new" phase, the half that is illuminated is the FAR side of the Moon, while the half that we can see - the "nearside" - is mostly dark. (The Moon is always partially illuminated by reflected Earth-shine, but compared to the brilliance of the Sun, the Moon by Earthshine is pretty black.)

Answer 3

You can see the same half of the moon from earth at all times, since the moon spins around its axis at the same velocity it goes round the earth.

Answer 4

None of the Moon's surface (which faces Earth) is lit during a New Moon.

Answer 5

During a new moon, all of the lit side of the moon is away from the Earth, so none of it would be visible. (Though technically it's all visible, just not from Earth.)

Answer 6

A new moon is when the moon lies closest to the sun as it is viewed from Earth. In this case, the new moon is not visible at all from Earth because it is completely eclipsed by the sun.

Answer 7

None that is visible from the earth.