Tell me why the Moon is covering half the horizon when it is 238,855 miles away

Optical illusion.

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

You know what I think is strange?

How can the moon and sun both be out but the moon goes through it's stages still.

Is the moon a sphere or flat? Seriously, shouldn't a round object be fully illuminated when a direct light is on it?

You know what I think is strange?

How can the moon and sun both be out but the moon goes through it's stages still.

Is the moon a sphere or flat? Seriously, shouldn't a round object be fully illuminated when a direct light is on it?


the earth blocks the light..

the end.

You know what I think is strange?

How can the moon and sun both be out but the moon goes through it's stages still.

Is the moon a sphere or flat? Seriously, shouldn't a round object be fully illuminated when a direct light is on it?


the earth blocks the light..

the end.


Nope.

How can the Earth block the light when BOTH bodies are overhead?

You know what I think is strange?

How can the moon and sun both be out but the moon goes through it's stages still.

Is the moon a sphere or flat? Seriously, shouldn't a round object be fully illuminated when a direct light is on it?


the earth blocks the light..

the end.


Nope.

How can the Earth block the light when BOTH bodies are overhead?


because from our perspective, that is what we see..if you we're looking at the moon 500.000 miles upwards from earth,you would see a near, full moon...(during our present time)

o my gaaawwwd! Really?
get a lamp with a bare light bulb, a tennis ball and a golf ball and figure it the fuck you you retard. alternatively go back to 4th or 5th grade science class.

The angular diameter of the Moon is approximately 1/2 degree, or 1/3 to 1/4 the size of your thumb with your arm outstretched.

Cover the Moon with your thumb when it is close to the horizon. Repeat the exercise several hours later. Compare.

Mmmm. I'm still not sure. I've seen each stage of the moon with BOTH bodies overhead.

I'm not saying you are wrong. I'm just saying that some science is off or I'm very clueless and should probably stop searching for truth like Salomon.

It's clearer with a diagram, but I thought I'd try it in words first. Besides...there are a million of those diagrams out there. If you've already seen them, and didn't get it, then maybe words are best for you.

Mmmm. I'm still not sure. I've seen each stage of the moon with BOTH bodies overhead.


Sorta.

The phase of the Moon is DIRECTLY related to the visual distance between it and the Sun.

A crescent Moon MUST be near the Sun.

If the Sun is just setting, and the Moon is at the Zenith, even without looking up you know the Moon is in a quarter phase.

And a full Moon MUST be 180 degrees from the Sun. Which means it rises as the Sun sets, and sets as the Sun rises; you will never see them both in the sky at the same time.




I'm not saying you are wrong. I'm just saying that some science is off or I'm very clueless and should probably stop searching for truth like Salomon.


Never stop.

And by that I also mean; don't stop at the easy answers ("Aliens musta done it") or stop because it seems too hard to figure out ("I guess I'll never know -- and I'll bet no-one else knows either.")

Finding the truth is a lot of work. And it is an ongoing, lifetime endeavor.

It's clearer with a diagram, but I thought I'd try it in words first. Besides...there are a million of those diagrams out there. If you've already seen them, and didn't get it, then maybe words are best for you.

Do the OP a favor and get one of those diagrams!

Mmmm. I'm still not sure. I've seen each stage of the moon with BOTH bodies overhead.


Sorta.

The phase of the Moon is DIRECTLY related to the visual distance between it and the Sun.

A crescent Moon MUST be near the Sun.

If the Sun is just setting, and the Moon is at the Zenith, even without looking up you know the Moon is in a quarter phase.

And a full Moon MUST be 180 degrees from the Sun. Which means it rises as the Sun sets, and sets as the Sun rises; you will never see them both in the sky at the same time.




I'm not saying you are wrong. I'm just saying that some science is off or I'm very clueless and should probably stop searching for truth like Salomon.


Never stop.

And by that I also mean; don't stop at the easy answers ("Aliens musta done it") or stop because it seems too hard to figure out ("I guess I'll never know -- and I'll bet no-one else knows either.")

Finding the truth is a lot of work. And it is an ongoing, lifetime endeavor.


Nomuse's alarm bells rang. A moon thread. His job is to quickly squash anything about moon fakery.

You know what I think is strange?

How can the moon and sun both be out but the moon goes through it's stages still.

Is the moon a sphere or flat? Seriously, shouldn't a round object be fully illuminated when a direct light is on it?


the earth blocks the light..

the end.

Wish I could eat your brain.Why do you know so much?

Here's one.

[link to www.curriki.org]

Here's one.

[link to www.curriki.org]

I'm sorry sir but you may be confused to what the OP desires to know. The link you posted doesn't refer to that acquisition, in fact that link doesn't even mention the Horizon.

Please try to keep up with the discussion at hand!

I LIKE Moon threads. If I'm bored, and I come here to be entertained, I enter "moon" into that cute little box, and I see what people are talking about that day.

Oh, and yes I do...


It's a high-tech procedure known as "I use the search function at the top of the page."

I LIKE Moon threads. If I'm bored, and I come here to be entertained, I enter "moon" into that cute little box, and I see what people are talking about that day.

And a full Moon MUST be 180 degrees from the Sun. Which means it rises as the Sun sets, and sets as the Sun rises; you will never see them both in the sky at the same time.

That is partially true. The Sun and Moon always share the same side of Earth's sky except on the day of a full moon, when they are 180 degrees separated. The day after a full Moon, (actually it happens almost instantly) then the sun starts to light the other side of the Moon. That is why the crescent Moon faces one way and then the other.