Why don't we see the moon every night?
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Answer:
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Well, because the moon is between us and the sun, so there is no light from the sun reaching the surface of the moon that is facing us. The light from the sun is all hitting the other side of the moon, the side we never see. And the light is stopping there.
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Explanation:
Because the earth is in the way.
And with it being round, rather than flat, this means that the moon is on the other side of the Earth to where you are.
Ever seen the moon rise and or set? Well that is the result of the round earth spinning and when the moon sets, it is because the bit of the surface of the Earth where you are standing is facing away from the moon.
Another effect is that the moon is locked to always face the earth the same way. This is called tidal locking. So sometimes the moon is up there in the sky right above you but you can’t see it. Why?
Well, because the moon is between us and the sun, so there is no light from the sun reaching the surface of the moon that is facing us. The light from the sun is all hitting the other side of the moon, the side we never see. And the light is stopping there.
This is called New Moon. A Full Moon happens when we are between the moon and the sun, so the surface of the moon that is facing us is fully lit up. Full Moons and New Moons happen once a month.
If the moon is off to one side of us, then the rounded surface facing us (the moon is also round like the Earth), is only partially lit by the sun.
When this happens, you have a half moon or a quarter moon (or whatever fraction best represents what fraction of the moon’s surface that faces us that is lit up.
As a result of all this (round earth, etc), you can always tell where the sun is, even if it is the middle of the night: the lit bit of the moon points towards the sun. So when you have a full moon, it’s (the sun, that is) behind you. Oh, no it isn’t, say the flat earthers.
Oh, yes it is!
And that is why, when a half moon rises the bright bit is pointing one way, and when it sets it is pointing in a different direction: it is always pointing to where the sun is, and as the sun doesn’t move much and the earth spins, that is what you see.
Hadn’t thought of that, Mr Flat Earther, had you? Oh, no you hadn’t.
You can understand all this at home, in a dark room, with an orange, a golf ball and a small torch (the torch is the sun, the orange is earth and the golf ball is the moon).
Line them up in different ways and you will easily see how all this works.
PLEASE NOTE:
Flat Earthers are recommended not to try this, at home or anywhere else. It might cause an intellectual enlightenment that is detrimental to their beliefs.
Oh, and a torch is a flashlight to a modern Brit. By all means tar and pitch a pole and set fire to it, but that is not what I meant. I wouldn’t want an earnest flat earther to spontaneously combust.