The Daytime Moon | Everyday Mystery Mystery Quiz (Easy, 5 min)

Can the moon appear in the daytime sky?

Case Record

Your question

Can you ever see the moon, which we see in the night sky, in the daytime sky?

If you get stuck, open the hints one at a time, in order.

Open hint 1

About how long does the moon take to go around the Earth?

Open hint 2

At what times other than night is the moon in the sky?

Open hint 3

How are the phases of the moon related to when it can be seen?

Your question

Can you ever see the moon, which we see in the night sky, in the daytime sky?

Choose the answer closest to the truth.

Yes. It is in the sky during the day too

The answer is "Yes. It is in the sky during the day too."

The moon is in the sky both in the daytime and at night within a day. Around the half moon in particular, it is easy to see in the daytime.

There is no day when the moon stops existing. The new moon is a day when it is in the sky but cannot be seen.

Diagram of the solution

Because you assume the moon belongs to the night.