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itzmebabe
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sun and moon

Post by itzmebabe »

We live in Tasmania and were wondering, if we have a nearly full moon now and the sun is up also, what is happening on the other side of the world?? what do they see?? We presume its dark(night time) but do they have the moon if we are seeing it here ???
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Re: sun and moon

Post by pswiatko »

Hi itzmebabe,

The answer is no.

Here's a cool video depicting the sun-earth-moon system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W47Wa7onrIQ


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