What does it mean when the moon is up and the sun is up?

Answer 1

The sun does not go anywhere. In our Solar system the sun is the constant, it does not move (not counting the spin and movement of the galaxy).More accurately which way are we facing when the sun is not visible? Since we rotate on an axis the direction we face in our solar system will not be the same for another 24 hours. When we are facing the sun the opposite side of the planet is facing dark space and vice-verse.

Answer 2

During one month, the moon makes one complete trip around the sky, relative to the sun, so it appears in different positions at different times.

At New Moon: The sun and moon are in the same direction, very close to each other in the sky.

At First Quarter and Last Quarter (when half of the moon is illuminated): the moon is 1/4 of the sky away from the sun ... directly south when the sun rises, and setting in the west at Noon.

At Full Moon: the moon is 1/2 of the sky away from the sun ... highest in the south at midnight, which is 1/2 of the day away from Noon.

Answer 3

When the moon is full, it rises as the sun sets.

The moon is in the sky roughly 12 hours and 50 minutes out of every 24 hours.

Depending on the moon's "phase", it can rise (or set) at any time of the day or

night.

Answer 4

There really isn't any relationship between sunset and moonrise. The Earth turns in 24 hours, so the Sun rises about every 24 hours. But in between, the Moon is orbiting the Sun on its own, so the Moonrises are about 24 hours 50 minutes apart.

Answer 5

The Sun does what it does best; shines fairly constantly, and proceeds in its lazy 220-million year orbit around the center of the galaxy.

The Earth orbits the Sun, and the Moon orbits the Earth. If you are asking about the relationship between the Sun, Moon and Earth, you'll need to be a little more specific about the date, as the Sun-Earth-Moon relationship varies from moment to moment during the month.

Answer 6

Except for about four hours twice a year (during lunar eclipses) the Sun is always shining on the Moon.

When the Moon is "new", the illuminated side of the Moon is facing away from the Earth, so it isn't visible.

In similar fashion, the Sun is always shining on the Earth. It's just that at night, the Sun is shining on the OTHER SIDE of the Earth.

Answer 7

The side of the moon facing the sun is always lit, the side away form the sun is always dark. Since the moon rotates around the earth we sometimes see it fully lit, and sometimes see only a portion of the moon lit. How much of the lit part of the moon we see depends on the relative positions of the earth, moon and sun.

Answer 8

Strictly speaking, the Moon never shines, as it hasn't got any light of its own to shine with. But, whenever a light hits the Moon - like the light from the Sun - the Moon will reflect a fair bit of it.

Answer 9

Correct. That's because the Moon is round, and the Sun can only shine on one side at a time. The Moon does spin, though,with a rotational period of about 28 days, so the Moon gets 14 days of day, followed by 14 days of night.

However, on the nearside of the Moon, the full Earth provides lots more light that the full Moon does here, so it isn't completely dark.

Answer 10

comes up?

Actually, despite what most people think, there is no close correlation between the Moon and the Sun. In other words, if the Sun is up, it's day, and if not, it's night, but the Moon can be (and in fact often is) up during the day... it's just harder to see then.