I live in northwest US and I sometimes see the moon both at day and night.
Does this mean that the other side of the world doesn’t get the moon at all for that time period?
I live in northwest US and I sometimes see the moon both at day and night.
Does this mean that the other side of the world doesn’t get the moon at all for that time period?
You never see the moon for the entire day and night at the same time—you see it for about 12 hours that partly overlaps day and night, and on the other side of the world they see it during the other 12 hours.
That is mostly true when the moon stands directly above the equator, however its orbit isn’t fixed to the equator so the duration can vary during a month the same way the duration of the sun being in the sky varies over the year. So especially near the poles it is possible to see the moon for more than 24 hours or not at all for multiple days.
https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/92abef/how_long_is_the_moon_visible_per_day/