Can you observe the moon during the day

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See stories by Jane Lindholm. Related Content. Sun and moon will both be above the horizon until the moon sets at p. Similarly, the moon will be well placed for daytime observation near first quarter, which next falls on Saturday, Sept.

The difference here is that the sun will be leading the moon, setting at p. Once you've seen the daylight moon on these "easy" dates, it's worth trying to see how many days in the month you can manage to spot it. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community space. This means that while it is less visible at night, during the daytime, it is more luminous.

And there you have it. The Moon can sometimes appear in the sky during the daytime because it is the closest object to Earth, and because its orbital cycle means that sometimes it is brighter in the day than at night. From the conjunction of these elements, people are sometimes able to catch sight of a beautiful, faint Moon hovering on the horizon. We have written many interesting articles about the Moon here at Universe Today. Listen here, Episode The Moon, Part 1. Skip to content. Like this: Like Loading The best way to appreciate that is to watch a sunrise this week and keep an eye on the moon; it will dramatically fade as the sun rises, though look carefully and you can often see it during the day.

The moon rises in the east and sets in the west just like everything else in the night sky. The moon is orbiting in the same direction, also from west to east. There are On the flip side that means the moon sets about 50 minutes later in the west each night.

So in the nights after full moon our satellite rises increasingly later at night and sets increasingly later the next morning. You can get exact moonrise and moonset times for your nearest city using this moon calculator. The moon on a stick. This was taken when the moon was nearly full, when it rises a few hours before A full moon occurs when Earth is roughly between the sun and the moon.

When it does, a lunar eclipse is the result.