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minus-squareapex32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·edit-26 days agoThe 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. Source with more information
minus-squarejumperalex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 days agoface 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”
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoYeah, 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.
minus-squarejumperalex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoyes I know that … now, but also again because I really just had a complete brain fart.
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.
Source with more information
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.