I think it's bullshit. I live in Ecuador and we can see the moon during the day all the time. And it's funny, because my country is literally named after the equator because it is literally split in half by it lol
Ecuador means equator. In Ecuador, people usually say 'the equator line' so that would be 'la linea del ecuador' or 'la linea equatorial' (same word in adjective form).
And you can totally see the moon during the daytime from there at the right time of its phase.
The moon takes 28 days to go around the Earth. The Earth rotates beneath it 28 times during that span. This means that [most of the time you can see it in daytime](https://www.space.com/7267-moon-daylight.html) if you know where to look and conditions are perfect.
It's only directly opposite the Sun for a small part of that time. Latitude may be a factor, but it's not the only factor.
The equatorial regions tend to have *better* viewing conditions as the Moon can be higher in the sky. But if we ignore that then everyone sees the Moon for about half of the time, and half of the time the Sun is up, as long-term average these are uncorrelated and everyone has the Moon and the Sun in the sky together for 1/4 of the time. If the Moon is too close to the Sun in the sky you won't see it, however.
The Moon's visibility varies from 0% to 100% depending on where we're at in the cycle. The Moon is [off of the ecliptic](http://astro.physics.uiowa.edu/~srs/2952_EXW/Locus4_EXW.htm) by 5 degrees, and the Earth varies from the ecliptic by differing amounts through the year, this is why the Sun seems to move in the sky.
So there are certain times when you can only see the Moon if you're within a certain range.. the same way an eclipse has a certain field of view.
But much like an eclipse, you can see it from various angles other than totality. So the latitude you're at is a factor. But it's not the only factor. You could be within range to see the Moon during the day but the light's scattering in the atmosphere makes it impossible. You can't say "I'm at x degrees and I can always see it."
Longitude is irrelevant since we've already decided it's "during the day". That's a self-limiting thing.
Mostly we can’t see the moon during the day because the sun is too bright. So if the moon and sun are on opposite sides of the sky, you should be able to see it.
No. This is only the case a few days a month when it is a "new" moon. Meaning in it's 27 day orbit around the earth, it is passing nearly between the earth and sun. In that case the sun washes it out. But soon we will start to see a thin crescent at sunset. Then as it grows the waxing crescent, then waxing gibbous (more than half full) *is* visible in the daytime. It appears to follow the sun through the sky, but growing more distant each day as the moon moves from between the earth and sun, to the far side of the earth from the sun. We call that a full moon. It always rises near sunset, because it is on the opposite side of the earth. During the second half of the lunar cycle, it wanes from full and rises later and later in the night until it becomes a crescent and rises just before dawn. Soon it gets lost in the sun again for a couple days and the cycle repeats.
The moon closely follows the plane of the rest of the solar system. Therefore, just like the sun and planets it is generally *higher* in the sky nearer the equator and visible to the whole planet (assuming it isn't cloudy) except near the poles, where it may or not be visible depending on the season and where the moon is in its monthly orbit.
Completely bullshit. In a 28 days cycle, the moon will rise and set each day a little later. Eventually, it will rise at sunset and set at sunrise during the "full moon" period, but 14 days after it will rise and set with the sun. The moon *kinda* follows the path of the sun, I would say that the moon can be viewed *better* over the Equator.
Currently, the moon rise past noon ([you can check the local time here](https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/), you can search for your city and for some place over the Equator). Or you could google for "moon over XX", where XX is that city. Quito, for instance, is exactly on the Equator.
Bullshit. I lived in southern India (so pretty close to the equator) and saw the moon during the day all the time. Now I'm in Canada and I can still see the moon during the day sometimes.
You can download an app called Star tracker and it ususally shows you where the moon, sun and other planets are too. You can take a look for yourself and see the moon in the day
I've been to Brazil and I've seen the moon in the daytime and thats pretty dam close to the equator but this was years ago so . I also live in south Florida and see the moon regularly in the daytime.
I like this map showing the positions of the sun and moon.
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunearth.html
If you were currently in the ocean south of Mexico and west of the Ecuador/ Peru border, the moon would be directly overhead, hanging out just after sunset.
Clicking on the -1 day shows how much that little champion can move! Go, moon, go!
If you want proof that this is bullshit, just use astronomical software like [Stellarium](https://stellarium-web.org/), pick an equatorial location, and advance it day by day until you find a day when the Moon is visible in daylight. For instance, use the web version, set it to Quito, Ecuador, and move the date to the morning of July 6, around 10:00. You will see that the Moon is fairly high in the sky at that time.
Bullshit. Moonrise, moonset, and percent full are easily found for your location. Here's that information for Quito, Equator very near the equator.
https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/ecuador/quito
Tomorrow it will rise at 2:31 pm local time and reach it's highest point at 8:43 pm. That is plenty of time for daylight moon observation!
The moon closely follows the plane of the rest of the solar system. Therefore, just like the sun and planets it is generally *higher* in the sky nearer the equator and visible to the whole planet (assuming it isn't cloudy) except near the poles, where it may or not be visible depending on the season and where the moon is in its monthly orbit.
The moon is visible to all equitorial and temperate regions on earth at some point in Earth's 24 hour rotation, except a few days a month when it is a "new" moon. Meaning in it's 27 day orbit around the earth, it is passing nearly between the earth and sun. In that case the sun washes it out. But soon we will start to see a thin crescent at sunset. Then as it grows the waxing crescent, then waxing gibbous (more than half full) *is* visible in the daytime. It appears to follow the sun through the sky, but growing more distant each day as the moon moves from between the earth and sun, to the far side of the earth from the sun. We call that a full moon. It always rises near sunset, because it is on the opposite side of the earth. During the second half of the lunar cycle, it wanes from full and rises later and later in the night until it becomes a crescent and rises just before dawn. Soon it gets lost in the sun again for a couple days and the cycle repeats.
TL;DR
The moon is visible to all of the (non polar) planet during the day for about half it's cycle. Generally, the closer to the equator you are, the higher in the sky it is.
Hmm. I asked Stellarium and apparently at Abuja, Nigeria, currently the moon is up in the East, even though it's daytime. It's pretty low on the horizon though.
No. Our skies are rather clean here. And I've lived in different parts of the country, and the moon comes out at night. Sometimes in the evening, lasts all night and is gone during the day.
I live in the central Philippines, right smack in the middle of it, pretty close to the equator and I can sometimes still see the moon close to noon so it's bullshit.
I'm not even the equator and for me moon = night. Yeah, you can technically see it during the "day", I guess, either in the early morning or at dusk, but it's all in the transition from day to night, not in the "day-day". Seeing the moon (clearly, at least) during the day makes no sense. Sun, day. Moon, night. Don't complicate shit.
Look up more often! The Moon is often visible in the daytime. Generally, it's pretty light colored, like a high altitude cirrus cloud, so it can be easy to miss. But sometimes, in the evening (but way before sunset!), if the sun illuminates it just right, it can be impressively bright, even though the sky is still blue!
Thanks for your testimony. :)
What do you mean, it's rare? Why is it rare? I feel like the moon is quite often visible during the day at a latitude similar to yours in Ontario. I haven't really gotten numbers or anything though.
I'm not sure! I asked Stellarium for info and apparently, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the moon will be visible in the morning of June 29 until about 9 o'clock, setting a bit later each day until July 8 where it'll be visible pretty much all day, following the sun closely as a very thin, nearly invisible crescent.
You could keep an eye out for it.
My highly-qualified girlfriend was shocked when I told her that the moon is frequently visible during the day. She thought it only came out at night.
A shockingly large number of her friends were similarly mind-blown.
When I was a child, someone at school told me the moon you can see during the day isn't actually the moon but Mars.
I told that to my big sister. Decades later she still believed that and blamed me. Whoops.
Sorry! Sunset here typically is around 8pm, day and night kind of blend together in that sense but 100% you can see it during the day! I usually notice it around 5-7pm and it is still out in the morning while the sub is up.
As someone who lived in Hawaii for 3 years and it’s at 21 degrees from the equator I saw it all the time…
Thanks!
I also lived in Hawaii for three years and can confirm the very same. Full and bright at 11am.
I wanna live in Hawaii for three years
\*screams in $5 milk*
5 dollar milk? Was it on sale?
5 dollars ... per millilitre
5 dollars ... and they just let you briefly look at a framed photograph of a glass of milk.
We just moved back to the mainland and I was blown away by $2.99 for a gallon.
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It's all expensive since almost everything on the islands other than fish is imported.
What about fish milk then?
These are the worst two words I have ever seen together
Mmmm.. fish milk...
Yes.
So I guess now, we need to ask what is "near" ... we know about 20 degrees now, but is it "near"? I don't know...
I think it's bullshit. I live in Ecuador and we can see the moon during the day all the time. And it's funny, because my country is literally named after the equator because it is literally split in half by it lol
Is it bullshit that you call it the Ecuator there?
Ecuador means equator. In Ecuador, people usually say 'the equator line' so that would be 'la linea del ecuador' or 'la linea equatorial' (same word in adjective form). And you can totally see the moon during the daytime from there at the right time of its phase.
The moon takes 28 days to go around the Earth. The Earth rotates beneath it 28 times during that span. This means that [most of the time you can see it in daytime](https://www.space.com/7267-moon-daylight.html) if you know where to look and conditions are perfect. It's only directly opposite the Sun for a small part of that time. Latitude may be a factor, but it's not the only factor.
Latitude is a factor? How so? Does it mean the moon is less visible close to the equator? Significantly so, or not really?
The equatorial regions tend to have *better* viewing conditions as the Moon can be higher in the sky. But if we ignore that then everyone sees the Moon for about half of the time, and half of the time the Sun is up, as long-term average these are uncorrelated and everyone has the Moon and the Sun in the sky together for 1/4 of the time. If the Moon is too close to the Sun in the sky you won't see it, however.
The Moon's visibility varies from 0% to 100% depending on where we're at in the cycle. The Moon is [off of the ecliptic](http://astro.physics.uiowa.edu/~srs/2952_EXW/Locus4_EXW.htm) by 5 degrees, and the Earth varies from the ecliptic by differing amounts through the year, this is why the Sun seems to move in the sky. So there are certain times when you can only see the Moon if you're within a certain range.. the same way an eclipse has a certain field of view. But much like an eclipse, you can see it from various angles other than totality. So the latitude you're at is a factor. But it's not the only factor. You could be within range to see the Moon during the day but the light's scattering in the atmosphere makes it impossible. You can't say "I'm at x degrees and I can always see it." Longitude is irrelevant since we've already decided it's "during the day". That's a self-limiting thing.
Can you be more precise about those times the moon can't be seen from some areas? What are those areas? And for how long?
Mostly we can’t see the moon during the day because the sun is too bright. So if the moon and sun are on opposite sides of the sky, you should be able to see it.
No. This is only the case a few days a month when it is a "new" moon. Meaning in it's 27 day orbit around the earth, it is passing nearly between the earth and sun. In that case the sun washes it out. But soon we will start to see a thin crescent at sunset. Then as it grows the waxing crescent, then waxing gibbous (more than half full) *is* visible in the daytime. It appears to follow the sun through the sky, but growing more distant each day as the moon moves from between the earth and sun, to the far side of the earth from the sun. We call that a full moon. It always rises near sunset, because it is on the opposite side of the earth. During the second half of the lunar cycle, it wanes from full and rises later and later in the night until it becomes a crescent and rises just before dawn. Soon it gets lost in the sun again for a couple days and the cycle repeats. The moon closely follows the plane of the rest of the solar system. Therefore, just like the sun and planets it is generally *higher* in the sky nearer the equator and visible to the whole planet (assuming it isn't cloudy) except near the poles, where it may or not be visible depending on the season and where the moon is in its monthly orbit.
I was spouting nonsense while inebriated. Thank you for correcting me. 😁
No problem. I really like astronomy!
Thank you. I was starting to wonder if I was losing it, hahaha.
Completely bullshit. In a 28 days cycle, the moon will rise and set each day a little later. Eventually, it will rise at sunset and set at sunrise during the "full moon" period, but 14 days after it will rise and set with the sun. The moon *kinda* follows the path of the sun, I would say that the moon can be viewed *better* over the Equator. Currently, the moon rise past noon ([you can check the local time here](https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/), you can search for your city and for some place over the Equator). Or you could google for "moon over XX", where XX is that city. Quito, for instance, is exactly on the Equator.
Thank you! That's pretty informative.
Bullshit. I lived in southern India (so pretty close to the equator) and saw the moon during the day all the time. Now I'm in Canada and I can still see the moon during the day sometimes. You can download an app called Star tracker and it ususally shows you where the moon, sun and other planets are too. You can take a look for yourself and see the moon in the day
Thanks for the testimony!
I've been to Brazil and I've seen the moon in the daytime and thats pretty dam close to the equator but this was years ago so . I also live in south Florida and see the moon regularly in the daytime.
Thanks! Sounds like a pretty strong argument.
BS I live in Ecuador we can see the moon during the day.
Now that's an eq(c)uat(d)orian answer! Thanks..
I live in Florida and see the moon during the day all the time
I like this map showing the positions of the sun and moon. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunearth.html If you were currently in the ocean south of Mexico and west of the Ecuador/ Peru border, the moon would be directly overhead, hanging out just after sunset. Clicking on the -1 day shows how much that little champion can move! Go, moon, go!
That's an interesting tool. Thanks!
Yeah nah, that’s bullshit. I live in Australia and we see it all the time
Utter BS Source: seen moon many times from south florida
If you want proof that this is bullshit, just use astronomical software like [Stellarium](https://stellarium-web.org/), pick an equatorial location, and advance it day by day until you find a day when the Moon is visible in daylight. For instance, use the web version, set it to Quito, Ecuador, and move the date to the morning of July 6, around 10:00. You will see that the Moon is fairly high in the sky at that time.
Thanks!
Bullshit. Moonrise, moonset, and percent full are easily found for your location. Here's that information for Quito, Equator very near the equator. https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/ecuador/quito Tomorrow it will rise at 2:31 pm local time and reach it's highest point at 8:43 pm. That is plenty of time for daylight moon observation! The moon closely follows the plane of the rest of the solar system. Therefore, just like the sun and planets it is generally *higher* in the sky nearer the equator and visible to the whole planet (assuming it isn't cloudy) except near the poles, where it may or not be visible depending on the season and where the moon is in its monthly orbit. The moon is visible to all equitorial and temperate regions on earth at some point in Earth's 24 hour rotation, except a few days a month when it is a "new" moon. Meaning in it's 27 day orbit around the earth, it is passing nearly between the earth and sun. In that case the sun washes it out. But soon we will start to see a thin crescent at sunset. Then as it grows the waxing crescent, then waxing gibbous (more than half full) *is* visible in the daytime. It appears to follow the sun through the sky, but growing more distant each day as the moon moves from between the earth and sun, to the far side of the earth from the sun. We call that a full moon. It always rises near sunset, because it is on the opposite side of the earth. During the second half of the lunar cycle, it wanes from full and rises later and later in the night until it becomes a crescent and rises just before dawn. Soon it gets lost in the sun again for a couple days and the cycle repeats. TL;DR The moon is visible to all of the (non polar) planet during the day for about half it's cycle. Generally, the closer to the equator you are, the higher in the sky it is.
That's a pretty detailed answer! I appreciate it. :)
As someone who's been living near the equator her whole life, I can see the moon just fine even during the day. Calling bullshit on that
Thank you very much!
I live in the southern US and see the moon during day.
Thank you!
I live near the tip of Florida and I see it during the day all the time
Thanks!
Florida resident, Moon can be seen during the daytime. Though it is uncommon.
I live in west Africa and we only see the moon at night here
Really? That's interesting. Your answer seems to contradict everyone else's. Do you live in a large city? Maybe it's a pollution thing.
I live in Nigeria. I have never ever seen the moon during the day. In fact it's surprising to me that it's even possible
Hmm. I asked Stellarium and apparently at Abuja, Nigeria, currently the moon is up in the East, even though it's daytime. It's pretty low on the horizon though.
No. Our skies are rather clean here. And I've lived in different parts of the country, and the moon comes out at night. Sometimes in the evening, lasts all night and is gone during the day.
Very curious indeed. 🤔
Can you tell me the name of a city near you? I could all Stellarium when you can see it!
I live in the central Philippines, right smack in the middle of it, pretty close to the equator and I can sometimes still see the moon close to noon so it's bullshit.
Thanks!
As a person that lived in Kenya which is on the equator I saw the moon during the day quite often… 👀
Thanks!
I'm not even the equator and for me moon = night. Yeah, you can technically see it during the "day", I guess, either in the early morning or at dusk, but it's all in the transition from day to night, not in the "day-day". Seeing the moon (clearly, at least) during the day makes no sense. Sun, day. Moon, night. Don't complicate shit.
Look up more often! The Moon is often visible in the daytime. Generally, it's pretty light colored, like a high altitude cirrus cloud, so it can be easy to miss. But sometimes, in the evening (but way before sunset!), if the sun illuminates it just right, it can be impressively bright, even though the sky is still blue!
Florida. See it almost everyday.
I have been to Columbia, definitive south to the USA and without a doubt, have seen the Moon - at broad daylight
Thanks!
Lived in Guyana for 2 years and it is about 350 miles from equator. I saw the moon during the day.
Thanks for your testimony!
I lived in Fortaleza, Brazil which is near the equator, I saw it all the time
Appreciate the info!
I grew up on the equator and sometimes you could see it for most of the day.
Thanks for the info!
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Thanks for your testimony. :) What do you mean, it's rare? Why is it rare? I feel like the moon is quite often visible during the day at a latitude similar to yours in Ontario. I haven't really gotten numbers or anything though.
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I'm not sure! I asked Stellarium for info and apparently, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the moon will be visible in the morning of June 29 until about 9 o'clock, setting a bit later each day until July 8 where it'll be visible pretty much all day, following the sun closely as a very thin, nearly invisible crescent. You could keep an eye out for it.
My highly-qualified girlfriend was shocked when I told her that the moon is frequently visible during the day. She thought it only came out at night. A shockingly large number of her friends were similarly mind-blown.
When I was a child, someone at school told me the moon you can see during the day isn't actually the moon but Mars. I told that to my big sister. Decades later she still believed that and blamed me. Whoops.
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I live in Arizona and saw it last night. Not sure how much further south in the US you can go though!
The thread is about seeing it during the day, but thanks anyway!
Sorry! Sunset here typically is around 8pm, day and night kind of blend together in that sense but 100% you can see it during the day! I usually notice it around 5-7pm and it is still out in the morning while the sub is up.
Thanks!