I live in northwest US and I sometimes see the moon both at day and night.
Does this mean that the other side of the world doesn’t get the moon at all for that time period?
I live in northwest US and I sometimes see the moon both at day and night.
Does this mean that the other side of the world doesn’t get the moon at all for that time period?
The Moon never gets more than 5.14 degrees away from the path of the Sun (called the ecliptic).
In the northern hemispherre summer, your side of the Earth is tilted TOWARD the ecliptic during the day (23.4° at most), and AWAY from it at night.
In the northern hemispherre winter, it’s the other way around, because the Earth’s at the place in its orbit which is tilted (23.4° at most) AWAY from the Sun during the day. It can take a long time to get this all sorted out … If you’ve got a globe and light bulb, that helps …
but the Moon’s path is ALWAYS near that of the Sun.