Both the Sun and the Moon rises towards the East and sets towards the West. There are times during the Moon orbit round the Earth, when the Moon is in the sky during daylight. The brightness of the sunlight makes it difficult to spot the Moon in the sky.
A waxing moon has the light on the right side. A waning moon has the light on the left side. Therefore, moving down from a full moon to a new moon, it must be waning, and the light should be on the left.
The daylight side of the moon
The daylight side of the moon
If you look down, you will see the surface of the moon. If you look up, you will be able to see other celestial bodies in the sky, such as Earth, stars, other planets, etc., as long as they are not currently below the horizon of the moon. However, since the moon keeps the same face toward the Earth, if you are not on the side facing Earth, you will not see the Earth at all.
The "near" side of the moon is the side that always faces Earth. The "far" side of the moon can only be seen from space. The dark side of the moon is the title of a Pink Floyd album. There is no side of the moon that is always dark.
The day side of the moon can get up to 123 degrees Celsius, the night side of the moon can get down to -233 Celsius.
The lighted portions of the moon look (somewhat) like the letters DOC going from new moon to new moon. A new crescent would have the right side lit.
no but there is a line of symetry going side to side
To be full moon, the Moon has to be opposite the Sun - that way, we see the whole of the illuminated side. The only way for the moon to be on the opposite side of earth is for it to be on the night side. Thus the full moon cannot be out during the day.
A waxing moon has the light on the right side. A waning moon has the light on the left side. Therefore, moving down from a full moon to a new moon, it must be waning, and the light should be on the left.
from the sun on the other side of the earth it is a reflection!!!
In the late 70s. I think it was in 78. Actually, Dark Side of the Moon was released in 1973, perhaps you are thinking of The Wall, which came out in '79.
On the side going up and down.
The Sun is always illuminating one side of the Moon and one side of the Earth. When the Earth turns away from the Sun, we can see the sunlight reflecting off the Moon. The reflected light is not as bright, but it's closer. Sometimes you can see the Moon and the Sun at the same time, but the Full Moon cannot rise until after sunset.
It is the line or axis going up or down not side to side that is horizontal.
vertical is up and down horizontal is side to side
No. Just like almost every place on earth, almost every place on the moon has a 'daytime' ... when the sun is up and the ground is light ... followed by a 'nighttime' ... when the sun is down and the ground is dark. On earth, the sun-up and sun-down periods average out to 12 hours each. On the moon, they average out to almost two earth-weeks each.