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Post by Vegas on Sept 2, 2017 17:42:59 GMT
I'm still collating.  Maybe I should ask your friend Cash about this, as he is expert in all things science, but isn't a new moon when the moon is completely eclipsed by the earth and invisible for a time? I seem to remember that's what I was taught in school, but that was a long time ago, and my memory ain't so good. A new moon is when the half of the moon that is facing away from the sun - receiving no sunlight at all - is directly facing the earth. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 2, 2017 17:46:26 GMT
I'm still collating. Maybe I should ask your friend Cash about this, as he is expert in all things science, but isn't a new moon when the moon is completely eclipsed by the earth and invisible for a time? I seem to remember that's what I was taught in school, but that was a long time ago, and my memory ain't so good. A new moon is when the half of the moon that is facing away from the sun - receiving no sunlight at all - is directly facing the earth. Are you sure?  |
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Post by Vegas on Sept 2, 2017 17:47:37 GMT
A new moon is when the half of the moon that is facing away from the sun - receiving no sunlight at all - is directly facing the earth. Are you sure? Unless it's just a hologram...  |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 2, 2017 18:00:34 GMT
Are you sure? Unless it's just a hologram... You may remember that I posted while the eclipse was happening, and it was one hour earlier than I expected. At first I thought I got the time wrong, but then I saw others noting it as well. I never saw the moon. Looked for it but did not see it. I thought I would see sunlight outlining the moon for the full 360 degrees of its disk, but I never saw that. |
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Post by johnblutarsky on Sept 2, 2017 18:38:21 GMT
...isn't a new moon when the moon is completely eclipsed by the earth and invisible for a time? The Earth and the Moon are in "lockstep" with each other. We only see one side of the Moon. The other side never faces us. A new Moon is when the Sun is shining on the far-side of the Moon. (The side facing away from us). A full Moon is when the Sun is shining on the side of the Moon that is facing us. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 2, 2017 18:47:15 GMT
...isn't a new moon when the moon is completely eclipsed by the earth and invisible for a time? The Earth and the Moon are in "lockstep" with each other. We only see one side of the Moon. The other side never faces us. A new Moon is when the Sun is shining on the far-side of the Moon. (The side facing away from us). A full Moon is when the Sun is shining on the side of the Moon that is facing us. Interesting. That's what Vegas Devil said too, and it matches with diagrams I looked at. If I'm understanding this, the new moon on the night side of the earth isn't there and invisible, but it can't be seen at night because it's on the day side of the earth. So a solar eclipse can only happen during the time of the new moon, yes? |
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Post by johnblutarsky on Sept 2, 2017 18:55:09 GMT
The Earth and the Moon are in "lockstep" with each other. We only see one side of the Moon. The other side never faces us. A new Moon is when the Sun is shining on the far-side of the Moon. (The side facing away from us). A full Moon is when the Sun is shining on the side of the Moon that is facing us. ...So a solar eclipse can only happen during the time of the new moon, yes? Yes. A solar eclipse happens during a new moon. Likewise, a lunar eclipse happens during a full moon. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 2, 2017 20:07:36 GMT
I found this very interesting. From Wikipedia:
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