Why is the moon often visible at daytime?

Answer 1

It only sometimes is. And whenever you can see it in the day, that means that you won't see it that night. The moon revolves around the earth, but not at the same rate that the earth rotates on its axis. That means that sometimes the moon is visible during the day, and sometimes at night. You don't notice it as often during the day, though.

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The moon is 'up', in the sky, on the average, for about 12hours and 25minutes out of

every 24 hours. If you know where to look, you can see it in the sky at some time

during almost every night and almost every day.

Answer 2

Since the moon travels through a complete orbital revolution around the earth

every 27.3 days, there must be times when it's in the sky at the same time as

the sun is.

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 3

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 4

The moon, unlike the sun, does NOT set.

In the daytime, it isn't as lucid because the sky is bright. At night, the sun's light is more or less gone depending on global location and season. However, the sun's rays hit the moon and it is reflected back towards the earth, where we see it.

The moon also disappears every month or so due to the fact that it's orbiting the Earth. The Earth occasionally keeps the suns rays from reaching the moon. when the Earth completely blocks the light, we see a new moon. However, from the moon, a new moon looks like a total Earthen Eclipse(when the earth blocks the sun completely).It's like a solar eclipse,but with the Earth instead of the moon.

Answer 5

Two things contribute to the moon being visible in daylight. First, it is bright enough that its light penetrates the scattered blue light of the sky. If you're looking at exactly the right spot with a telescope, you can also see the planets Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter in daylight, plus a few of the brightest stars (though few casual observers can actually pull this off). Secondly, the moon must be high enough in the sky to be visible.

Because of the Earth's rotation, the moon is above the horizon roughly 12 hours out of every 24. Since those 12 hours almost never coincide with the roughly 12 hours of daylight in every 24 hours, the possible window for observing the moon in daylight averages about 6 hours a day.

The moon is visible in daylight nearly every day, the exceptions being close to new moon, when the moon is too close to the sun to be visible, and close to full moon when it is only visible at night. The best times in the month to see the moon in daylight are close to first and last quarter, when the moon is 90 degrees away from the sun in the sky.

Answer 6

Two important things are happening here. First, the moon orbits the earth once every lunar cycle. You would notice this if you were able to observe the earth and moon from high above the north pole. Second, you would notice that over that long orbital period the earth is spinning quite rapidly in comparison. So the moon lumbers along in its relatively slow orbit as the earth buzzes along like crazy. As long as the moon is in a place where the earth is between it and the sun, then the moon will appear in the night sky for any observers on earth. When the moon is closer to being between the earth and sun, then whatever part of the moon's earthside face is still lit by the sun will be visible in the daytime sky to any earth observers. when the moon gets closer to the sun (it doesn't always cross right over the sun) then it becomes basically invisible to earth observers, except for those rare and wonderful solar eclipses that we can enjoy if we are at the right place at the right time.

Answer 7

The moon is often visible during the daytime because it reflects light from the sun. The position of the moon relative to the sun and the Earth’s atmosphere can make it visible even when the sun is still up. Additionally, the moon's orbit causes it to be visible at different times of the day depending on its phase.