question about moon

[TG123]

Hi everyone,

This will probably sound like a stupid question, but I wanted to ask anyways. If you could provide the answer with documentation that would be really great.

If I am not mistaken, the moon can be sometimes visible during the day, and this happens during the first quarter, right? If so, is this also true during a polar day... when the sun does not set and it is a first quarter of the moon at the same time.

For example, on July 5, 2014, the moon will be at its first quarter at 5:59 AM in Inuvik, a city in the Arctic circle. During that time, it will be day without night for several weeks.

Would the moon be visible during that day at 5:59?

Moonrise, Moonset and Moonphase for Canada – Northwest Territories – Inuvik – July 2014

Sorry if this is a weird or stupid question but if anyone here who has knowledge of these things could help that would be awesome.

Thanks and God bless!

 

[JustMeSee]

If I am not mistaken, one reason you can't see the moon during the day is because the sky is too bright. I am not familiar with it having to due with the lunar phase.

... I could be wrong.

 

[JustMeSee]

Why Can We See the Moon During the Day?

 

[Joshua0]

the moon can be sometimes visible during the day,

Hatcher Pass, Alaska.

 

[TG123]

Why Can We See the Moon During the Day?

Thanks so much, JustMeSee. To my knowledge it is visible during the 1st and 3rd quarters. I could be mistaken though, and was wondering would it come out during a polar day.

 

[TG123]

Hatcher Pass, Alaska.

That is an awesome picture, Joshua! Did you take it?

Do you know when this picture was taken at all? Was it during a "polar day"?

God's wonders are so amazing!

 

[Joshua0]

That is an awesome picture, Joshua! Did you take it?

Do you know when this picture was taken at all? Was it during a "polar day"?

God's wonders are so amazing!

No, I did not take it. I just did a search of images of the moon in Alaska. Although I do have a son that lives in Anchorage. The long days are in the summer. In the winter the days can be very short.

 

[jayem]

Just to nitpick. From the article:

The Sun is bright because it is burning vast amounts of hydrogen so it really doesn’t need as much proximity to the Earth to be seen.

The sun doesn't "burn" hydrogen. It fuses it into helium. Which releases lots of energy. An article on a science topic should use accurate language.

Carry on.

 

[essentialsaltes]

If I am not mistaken, the moon can be sometimes visible during the day, and this happens during the first quarter, right?

If it's in the sky, it's usually visible, even in the daytime, unless it's new or very crescent (and thus not very bright).

For example, on July 5, 2014, the moon will be at its first quarter at 5:59 AM in Inuvik, a city in the Arctic circle. During that time, it will be day without night for several weeks.

Would the moon be visible during that day at 5:59?

Apparently not at that exact time, but it will be visible for a few hours during that day.

Use this calculator, which should be set roughly for Inuvik, and set it to 5 July 2014. The Moon rises at 16:38 and sets early the next day. (It's also up early on the 5th, setting at 1:32.)

 

[TG123]

If it's in the sky, it's usually visible, even in the daytime, unless it's new or very crescent (and thus not very bright).



Apparently not at that exact time, but it will be visible for a few hours during that day.

Use this calculator, which should be set roughly for Inuvik, and set it to 5 July 2014. The Moon rises at 16:38 and sets early the next day. (It's also up early on the 5th, setting at 1:32.)

That is really interesting. So at 4:38 PM it would be up and people would be able to see it? I am assuming that when the moon rises it is visible?

Thanks for sharing.

 

[TG123]

No, I did not take it. I just did a search of images of the moon in Alaska. Although I do have a son that lives in Anchorage. The long days are in the summer. In the winter the days can be very short.

Thanks for sharing, Joshua.

 

[essentialsaltes]

That is really interesting. So at 4:38 PM it would be up and people would be able to see it? I am assuming that when the moon rises it is visible?

If there are mountains or buildings, it might be blocked, but it should be visible. Though it will not get very high in the sky. Right at 4:38, it would be just above the theoretical horizon, which means it could easily be blocked by the real horizon.

I should have actually looked at the link you posted in your original post. It also showed moonrise and moonset times. It also shows the meridian time, which I think must be the time when the moon will be highest above the horizon. For July 5, 2014, this happens at 9:17PM, when the moon will be 12 degrees above the horizon. That's not very high, so hills or mountains could conceivably block it.

Do you have a particular interest in that date in 2014?

 

[TG123]

If there are mountains or buildings, it might be blocked, but it should be visible. Though it will not get very high in the sky. Right at 4:38, it would be just above the theoretical horizon, which means it could easily be blocked by the real horizon.

I should have actually looked at the link you posted in your original post. It also showed moonrise and moonset times. It also shows the meridian time, which I think must be the time when the moon will be highest above the horizon. For July 5, 2014, this happens at 9:17PM, when the moon will be 12 degrees above the horizon. That's not very high, so hills or mountains could conceivably block it.

Do you have a particular interest in that date in 2014?

Thanks for sharing. I am just curious, that's all. So the meridian time is when the moon is highest above the horizon? Thanks so much.

 

[essentialsaltes]

So the meridian time is when the moon is highest above the horizon?

I'm pretty sure that's right.

 

[TG123]

I'm pretty sure that's right.

Thanks so much!