Yeah, that’s also not how the moon crescent works either. It’s not the earth’s shadow, it’s some parts are lit by the sun, some aren’t. How much of it we see depends on where in the orbit we are.
No, no, that’s not at all the reason, nor is it the reason we most often see the moon as a crescent. It’s because the sun is off to the side, so we see the light shining on one side and no light on the opposite side.
why would the moon EVERY see the earth as a crescent?
The same reason we see the moon as a crescent sometimes. It’s just what happens when you see more dark globe than light globe.
Here’s a photo from the recent Artemis II mission.
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face palm. derrrrrrr. yeah it was early and I’m just clearly an id10t
All I was thinking of was, “nothing [substantial] gets between the earth and the moon”
Yeah, that’s also not how the moon crescent works either. It’s not the earth’s shadow, it’s some parts are lit by the sun, some aren’t. How much of it we see depends on where in the orbit we are.
yes I know that … now, but also again because I really just had a complete brain fart.
When the moon is moving between the earth and the sun, casting it’s shadow onto the earth.
No, no, that’s not at all the reason, nor is it the reason we most often see the moon as a crescent. It’s because the sun is off to the side, so we see the light shining on one side and no light on the opposite side.
Yeah but its much smaller, it just leaves a dot. Like when there are Eclipses, it just leaves a dark splotch moving in an arc.