Where is the moon in it's orbit when we cannot see it at all?

Answer 1

We can't see the stars during the day because sunlight scattering through the atmosphere creates a blue haze that drowns them out. But the moon is bright enough that we can see it, if it's there, even through the blue.

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 2

When we cannot see the moon at all, it is in its new moon phase. During this phase, the moon is between the Earth and the sun, with the sun illuminating the side of the moon facing away from us. The moon is still in its orbit around Earth but is not visible from Earth's surface during the new moon phase.

Answer 3

When you can't see the moon, it's sitting right there in front of your nose. This phase of the moon is called a new moon. The sun doesn't shed any light in the moon's direction, so it's dark. Just look for a dark circle in the sky, and you'll find the new moon.

Either that or it is obscured by clouds or below the local horizon.

Answer 4

We see the moon by the sunlight it reflects of it sun ward facing side.

As the moon orbits the earth each month there are two important positions, the fist is when it is between us and the sun in which case the sunlit face is facing away form us and it is invisible (except during an eclipse) and the second important position is when it is directly on the opposite side of the earth to the sun in which case we see all of its sunlight surface as a full moon.

Another important position is when the moon is a thin crescent is the sky (which means we only see a little bit of its sun ward facing surface because it is on the sun ward side of earth. In this position the moon hangs in the evening sky but disappears over the horizon quite soon. Then each night the crescent gets bigger until we have a half moon which means the moon is beside the earth and we both face the sun together. At this position the moon is in the daylight sky (if you look for it) and the night sky.

Thus if it is not too close to the sun, the moon can have enough of it lit up to be visible during the day. It is more likely to happen during the early morning or late evening, and we don't see the full moon during the day, as it can only be fully lit from our perspective during the night.

Answer 5

When a solar eclipse is happening, then at any place where people can see it, it is 'day' at that place,

because the sun is in their sky at that moment. If it were 'night', then the sun would not be in their sky,

and they couldn't see the eclipse.

At any moment you choose, 1/2 of the earth is in 'day', and the other 1/2 is in 'night'.

Answer 6

Why not? It will do that from time to time because the moon orbits the earth. Sometimes it is in the daytime sky, but when it is very close to the sun it becomes unobservable. First, the closer it is to the sun the less illuminated surface there is that's visible from earth. The illuminated side is facing the sun. Second, the brightness of the sun obscures it. So for a few days before new moon and for a few days after new moon we can see the moon in the daytime sky.

Answer 7

yes

No-one can necessarily prove whether it is or is not, you see if your looking at it from a purely scientific angle, all evidence goes to prove that yes it is still there, but!, if your asking this from a philosophical angle then no we cannot prove or disprove the moon still being there when no-one is looking at it.

Answer 8

The moon is up, somewhere in your sky, for about 12-1/2 hours of every day. Sometimes it's

quite skinny, and that also happens to be the same time that it's close to the sun. But if you

know where to look, you can find the moon in the daytime sky during practically every day.

Answer 9

No. The Moon continues to circle the Earth all the time. Of course, half of the time it is on the other side of the Earth, so I guess you could think of the Moon as being "underneath" the Earth - after all, if you were to point straight at the Moon, you would be pointing down!

Answer 10

In a clear sky, The sunlit portion of the Moon is always visible when it is above the horizon.