General Chat

Hi Crunchy. Yes, the sun & moon cover more or less the same part of the sky. So at the equator, the sun shines from directly above whilst at the poles, its always very close to the horizon.

Also the tilt of the earth has to be taken into consideration, as this accounts for the seasons we have. Also the moons orbit around the earth is at an angle relative to the sun.
Basically this means, that during the summer months (UK) when the sun is high in the sky, at night the moon is seen low in the sky. Then in the winter months when the sun is low in the sky, the moon is high in the winters night sky.

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Thankyou Stevie, theres alot more questions i want to ask, i may bore you to tears! lol but for now, ,,, I have been out most nights recently and watched the stars and the moon,,, but like i said ill pop up with a question later when you least expect pmsl.
xxx
P.S thankyou :)

another thought.......WE see the moon go through its phases........BUT IF we were on the moon, on the side facing earth we would see the earth go through similar phases, BUT it would never set!!

Bob