Are the phases of the moon the same in the northern hemisphere as in the southern?

Question

Do the people in the other half of the world see a full moon or a new moon on the same day/dates as we do? Or is it different like the seasons?

Answer 1

In a word:  Yes.

The Sun and the Moon present at the same positions in the celestial sphere regardless of your point of observation from the surface of the Earth.   This means that the Moon's phase will always be the same, (well, there would actually be a minute and for all intents and purposes, imperceptible difference in phase due to parallax effects at great distances across the Earth's surface) as viewed from Earth.

This does not mean that everyone sees these two bodies at the same time, of course;  In some places on Earth it's daytime while at the same time it's nighttime elsewhere.  Likewise, at some places, the Moon is up, and elsewhere the Moon is below the horizon.  

But... when our Moon is up there in the sky, at any given time, everyone on Earth sees it pretty much the same, as far as phase and celestial position are concerned.

Answer 2

Yes.

Answer 3

It's the same, but the Moon itself looks upside-down in the southern hemisphere for people used to seeing it from the northern hemisphere. That, and it goes across the northern sky, but the phase is the same regardless.

Now, if you were on the Moon looking back at Earth, then you'd see the opposite phase from the Moon. (full Moon sees a new Earth, etc)

Answer 4

yes it is the same

Answer 5

they do see the same stages as the moon, but the western / eastern hemisphere is altered, not the southern / northern.