Is it possible to see a full moon setting at about the same time the sun is rising?

Answer 1

New Moon ... and maybe a day before and after ... is the only time when

the moon is not in the sky during any part of the night.

Full Moon is the only time when the moon is not in the sky during any part

of the day.

Answer 2

Yes, it is possible to see a full moon setting at the same time the sun is rising. This phenomenon occurs when the moon is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun, which happens during a full moon phase. It creates a beautiful celestial alignment where the full moon sets on one horizon as the sun rises on the other.

Answer 3

The Earth rotates around it's own axis every 24 hours.

The side of the Earth which faces the Sun is considered day.

The moon roughly revolves around the Earth every 28 days.

The moon does not produce any light itself.

When you see the moon you are seeing light which is reflected

off the moon's surface.

The amount of light reflected depends on the angle the moon

makes between the Earth and the Sun.

These cause the phases of the moon.

For example, when the Earth is between the moon and the Sun,

a full moon is seen only at night. Because the side of the moon

which reflects the sunlight is facing the part of the Earth that is

facing away from the Sun. You can only see a full moon at night.

When the moon is between the Earth and the Sun, the side of

the moon which is reflecting the sunlight is pointed away from

the Earth, so you can't see the light. This is a new moon.

Between these two extremes are the other phases,

crescents, quarters, gibbons. Each representing more and more

of the surface of the moon which is reflecting the sunlight.

During these phases, portions of the Earth can see the reflected

sunlight off the moon while that portion also faces the sun.

Hence you see the moon during the day.

If you see the moon rising after the sunrise the moon is going

from new moon to full moon. Each morning you will see more

and more of the moon, and the moon will rise later and later.

Until the moon only rises after the sunsets, which would be a full moon.

Similarly, if the moon is east of the sun, the moon is going from new moon to full moon.

If you see the moon setting before the sunset, the moon is going from full moon to a new moon. Each evening you will see less and less of the moon until the moon disappears which would be a new moon.

Similarly, if the moon is west of the sun the moon is going from full moon to new moon.

Answer 4

On the average during a month, the moon is in the sky (up) for almost 13 hours

out of every 24.

With the possible exception of the time of the Full Moon, the moon is up during

some of the daylight hours of every day.

Answer 5

On the average through one cycle of moon phases, the moon is in the sky for

about 12.8 hours out of every 25.6 hours.

Very roughly, it's up during the day for 50% of every 291/2 days.

To put it another way, Full Moon is the only time when the moon is not in the sky

during any part of the day.

Answer 6

No. The Full moon is over the center of the night side of Earth, and "noon" is pretty close to the center of the daylight side. of the Earth.

The only times that you will be able to see the full moon in the daytime are on the eastern horizon at sunset, on the western horizon at sunrise, or on television.

The answer is Yes! In polar regions during polar night the full moon is visible at noon-time (due north in the Arctic) above the horizon. The sun is, however, despite the time of day not visible. This is much more exotic than mid-night sun but much less known.

Answer 7

When the moon is full it is because the side that is lit by the sun is facing the observer (on Earth). This happens when the Sun, the Earth and the Moon are approximately in a straight line (with the Earth in the middle). So most of the observers will have night when the full Moon is visible. Observers during northern hemisphere summer above the arctic circle can see the full moon during day (there may be no night for weeks or months up north and likewise in Antarctica during their light season). The Moon's orbit is inclined to the plane of the equator so it may not be visible at all too!

yes you can the moon is always out in the morning .....to night

Answer 8

Except for the day of the New Moon, when the Moon is close to the Sun in the sky and is generally not visible, there's no reason (except clouds) why you shouldn't be able to observer the Moon each night, and often during the day.

However, it is more commonly seen during the waxing (increasing) part of the cycle, because from about 5 days after the Full moon until the new moon, it is visible only late at night and in the pre-dawn hours. For example, the Third Quarter moon rises about midnight, and is visible until about noon.

Answer 9

On average, the Moon is visible at midnight about half of the time. At the first quarter, the Moon is just setting at midnight; at the full moon, the Moon is high overhead at midnight. At the 3rd quarter, the Moon is just rising at midnight.

Answer 10

No, for the most part we always see the same side of the moon. (The moon appears to "wobble" slightly in its orbit, so over the course of a month we actually see a bit over half of its surface.. see the "Lunation" link below for a great animation of this.)