Hi @Former-Member@outlander@Former-Member@Change123@Former-Member
Thanks for reminding me Outlander - perhaps I had better get with the act and tag people
Why does the moon appear in the sky during the day?
Okay - it takes the moon about 29 days to go through a phase - and so when it is the new moon - we can't see it at all because it is too near the sun - but early in the evening after the new moon we will see the crescent moon in the west after sunset and each night this gets bigger until it rises around sunset and sets around sunrise - this is the full moon -
When the moon gets toward the first quarter - that's when it appears as a half-moon in the sky - it appears during the afternoon - as the white moon - and then half the night before it sets
After the full moon the it rises earlier each night and the white moon is visible in the west in the mornings - setting later each day - and toward the new moon it rises in the early morning and is a cresent moon again until the new moon - fading in the sunlight until it is too close to the sun to see again
This is the short story - I am endlessly patient with all of this and happy to take the time explaining what I can - what I really need is some pics to show what some people call the Dance of the Moon - and most people don't realise that it takes nearly a month for the moon to go around the Earth - because it crosses the sky each day or night - but that is because the earth rotates more quickly than the moon goes around
I hope this helps - I will have to get showered and maybe eat something
Then look up something on the Internet - that might help
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