What is the name of the moon visible in the day sky?

Answer 1

Answer

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 2

Out of every 24 hours, the moon is up in the sky for about 12 hours 49 minutes. In the course of a month, it spends the same number of hours in the daytime sky as it does in the night-time sky.

The way it works out, though, the moon's phase (the amount that's illuminated)

is smaller in the day and larger at night, on the long-term average.

But if you have even a rough idea of where to look for it, you can see the moon in the sky at some time during almost every daylight period. The period during which the New Moon is completely dark is less than 24 hours.

Answer 3

It's called an optical illusion. It's not possible to see a completely full moon during the day. For a few days before the full moon, you might see it in the early evening, a while before sunset. For a few days after the full moon, you might see it in the early morning, a while after sunrise. But when it's exactly full, it rises when the sun sets, and sets when the sun rises, so can't be seen in daytime.

Answer 4

It's big, and bright. The only reason you can't see stars in the daytime is because the atmosphere scatters the sunlight, and the difference between the sky and the stars isn't enough to notice.

Answer 5

You must provide some more specific information. The Moon's apparent motion in the sky is 18 degrees per night, and things that are near the Moon one night are not especially close the next night.

Today, June 7, 2009, the Moon is full, not a crescent. The nearest bright star to the Moon is Arcturus.

If you were referring to about 16 days ago when the Moon was a waning crescent in the morning sky, then the object was probably Venus.

Answer 6

At new moon, the side of the moon facing Earth is dark and therefore can't be seen period. Just before or after new moon you get a crescent moon, which can be seen during daylight if it's far enough away from the sun.

Answer 7

The moon visible in the day sky is simply called "the moon." Its appearance during daylight hours is due to its position in orbit around the Earth, not because it is a different moon.

Answer 8

It's still the moon. The English language has no separate word for when it is seen in the daytime instead of at night.

Answer 9

It's still visible because even though the sun is up, the moon is a) still at an angle to be viewed and b) the sun is still reflecting enough light for it to still be seen

Answer 10

Without the Sun, there would be nothing to see

The sun is so hot and yellow that it stands out against the blue sky.