Just a quick question

Just a quick question

Waldocole 20 Dec 2012 04:41

I live in Georgia ( the state not country) and I pretty sure the moon was visible during the day today. Is there anyone who can tell me if that was the moon or point me the right direction? I tried to google it but nothing really came up.

Re: Just a quick question

T-1A Jayhawk 20 Dec 2012 04:54

The moon spends just as much time in the day time sky as it does in the night time sky; when it is "new," it is between the earth and the sun, and therefore, it's out in the day time and not in the night time.

edit: And when it is "full," it is out in the night time and not in the day time.

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Waldocole 20 Dec 2012 04:56

Can it be out in both day and night in two positions in the sky? I hope I'm not coming off like a complete moron. History and writing are my fortes, science not so much.

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J-Rod2448 20 Dec 2012 04:59

It's a new moon/first quarter that's why….http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase

http://www.calendar-365.com/moon/moon-phases.html

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T-1A Jayhawk 20 Dec 2012 05:01

Can it be out in both day and night in two positions in the sky?

Edit: It's late, and I'm tired… the previous version of my answer was rather confusing… :-/ So moving along…

I don't really follow what you're asking. The earth rotates, and the moon revolves around us. It takes about 29.5 days for the moon to complete a full orbit, and 24 hours for the earth to complete a full rotation. These motions are stable and constant.

It moves across the sky just like the sun and the stars. Take a photo of the sun as it rises, and then take a photo as it sets. Was it in two different places in the same day? Yeah, but it moved (steadily) from one position to the other. The moon will do the same. As will the stars.

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"It should take being hit by no more than two or three bricks to realize that someone is throwing bricks at you."
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Waldocole 20 Dec 2012 05:11

Sorry, didnt mean to be confusing. What I was trying to convey is, at one in the afternoon the moon was to the right of my apartment window but tonight it is above my actual apartment. As in it was visible during the day, now it's visible at night. How many times a year does this happen?

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T-1A Jayhawk 20 Dec 2012 05:20

all year long. every year.

if you remember to do so, take a look at it every single day at the same time(s) and take note of where it is; it will be slightly different each day.

again, it rises and sets just like the sun, but in a period that is not an integer (not divisible by a whole number)

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"It should take being hit by no more than two or three bricks to realize that someone is throwing bricks at you."
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Waldocole 20 Dec 2012 05:27

Ok thanks. I've seen it before in the past but I've never put much thought into it.

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J-Rod2448 20 Dec 2012 04:45

Yeah, I have seen that happen here in Massachusetts since Saturday night. Early in the evening the moon is visible but later on like 10:00 it gets covered up and I can't see it at all after that…I think it's clouds because it's been pretty rainy the last few days or maybe it's a quarter moon (or something like that?)…but seeing the moon during the day is not uncommon at all.

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The simple minded and the uninformed can be easily led astray and those that cannot connect the dots, hey look the other way. People believe what they want to believe when it makes no sense at all ~ John Mellencamp

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Waldocole 20 Dec 2012 04:52

Thanks. I guess it's a east coast thing right now. I read somewhere about the horizon but something's go over my head.