01/23 15:55:43 Iknik: you know how you see the moon as a cresent sometimes
01/23 15:56:04 Iknik: and you can can sometimes see the dark outline that completes the circle of the moon
01/23 15:56:18 Iknik: can u actually or does your mind just put it together?

You can.

but in order to see it light has to bounce off it and it sure is black

Lol bro what are you smoken?

Of course you can see the dark outline that completes the moon. Even though the earth is blocking direct sunlight, doesn't mean the moon is not still receiving light from another source.

You can see the moon when its in it's new moon phase as well due to the moon receiving light from outside sources.

It's just more difficult to see the moon in those state because that light source is no where near as effective as the sun.

earth is not blocking anything.

And no light, or not enough light bounces off the earth to see the moon during new moon when the moon is between the earth and the sun.

I mean when we see the night and day of the moon, can we actually see the night

When the moon enters its phases (new/cresent/half/ect) the earth is between it and the sun blocking direct sunlight to make the celecstial phenominom occur.

When the moon is between the directly earth and sun you have whats known as a "solar eclipse"

When the earth is "directly" between the sun and moon you have whats known as a "lunar eclipse"

As for being able to see the rest of the moon even though it's not illuminated by direct sunlight: Your not tripping or filling in the blanks with your mind, you can see it

This post was edited by piddywiffle on Jan 23 2010 04:21pm

ok so we got.......
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..............................................................MOON
............SUN...........................................EARTH
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left side of moon is visible and right side is not

the earth isn't blocking anything

and new moon

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............Sun............................................MOON.....................Earth
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we can't see the moon at all because we only look onto the dark side (far side) since there is no dark side but you get what i mean

i no think you can see unless u kris angle mind freak

Bump

when its a new moon the moon rises and falls with the sun. you cant see it at night because by the time night comes the moon has already set