The sun is out but I can still see the moon?

Question

why is that?

Answer 1

Sometimes they get mixed up about what time they are supposed to appear.

Answer 2

that is normal

Answer 3

Maybe last night there was a full moon. Even after the sun rises, the moon is still close to your area, but not close to the sun. Maybe an eclipse just occured, and maybe you're seeing an eclipse.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Because both are above the horizon in your area, and the moon is not so close to the sun in the sky that it gets obscured by the bright sunlight.

Answer 6

it is in the 3/4 between a  solar and lunar eclipse (closer to lunar)

the sun is in front of the earth, and the moon is at a 30 degree anglewith the moon and earth

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Answer 7

the luminosity of the moon often makes it visible in daylight hours.

Answer 8

Mike -

This occurs on a regular basis - actually on a monthly basis. Think about it: The Moon revolves around the Earth in its own orbit. When it is on the side facing away from the Sun, we will see it mostly at night. When it is on the same side of the Earth as the Sun, within 90 degrees or so, we will see it mostly during the day. It is only when it is nearly directly in line with the Sun that we really cannot see it very well at all - unless it lines up so well that we get a solar eclipse - but that's rare.

Answer 9

Well, the sun is reflecting light off  of the moon, that is why there are phases. So depending on what time of day, what exact day, whether it is a "Blue Moon" month and so on you may see both the sun and the moon out. Most people think that is wrong because most stories and people say that the sun is the day and the moon is night. But technically, the sun is always there, you just can't see it, but on occasion, the sun is still out. It has nothing to do with the horizon.

Answer 10

The reflected light of the moon is bright enough to be seen through the glowing-blue sky of our atmosphere.  Any light bright enough in space can be seen through the blue sky - a 1000 years ago, when the supernova that caused the Crab nebula blew up, it could be seen in the daytime sky.

The stars are still there, too - but their light is too faint to compete with the scattered light of the sun which causes our blue sky.  

Answer 11

At new moon, the sun and moon rise and set at more or less the same time. At full moon the moon rises as the sun sets (more or less). When the moon is quarter full, the moon is up for about half the day, and is often bright enough to be seen. That is where we are today,  

Answer 12

The moon revolves around Earth.  It is lit by the sun, of course.  Even when the sun is up the moon can be up, as well, and since the sun still lights it during our day we can see it.  Draw yourself a diagram, with the Earth at the center, the sun off the page to one side or another, and the moon in a circle around the Earth.

Pretend you are on Earth, at the 12:00 position on the diagram, and the sun is to the left.  No matter where you put the moon in the diagram, as the Earth rotates once during a 24 hour period, you will be able to see it (unless it's too close to the sun, of course) at some time or another.  If it's on the side of your page toward the sun you will see it in daylight.

Answer 13

The answer to the question has a little bit to do with "why is the sky blue?"  First, you have to know that the sky is blue because of the outer atmosphere bending the sunlight.  The outer atmosphere bends sunlight like a prism.  This is why in the morning, the sky seems to be purple, then dark blue, as the sun is rising.  It's blue throughout most of the day because that's how the light is being bent.  Then, through the evening, it appears to go through yellow and orange while the sun is setting.

The stars you see at night are all still in the sky during the day, but because of the "blue light" in the atmosphere, the stars are not bright enough to outshine the blue light in the sky.  However, the moon is bright enough to be seen through the blue light.  

On the days when you don't see the moon, it's because it's on the other side of the earth from where you are, and people who are on the dark side of the planet (night) are looking at it.