ignore the curved purple line. realize the moon is lit on the side we can't see, and the crescent edge is just the part of the illuminated hemisphere we can see from our vantage.
This is a distant sun shining on a spherical moon, presumably from the perspective of someone looking up from the round earth.
The sun...is behind the moon....so....all it can light up is the back ....ever see a glowing building at sunset .....??????
If the sun is so big ..why is the front shadowed?????!!!!!
turn the entire image ccw by 90°.
ignore the curved purple line. realize the moon is lit on the side we can't see, and the crescent edge is just the part of the illuminated hemisphere we can see from our vantage.
This is a distant sun shining on a spherical moon, presumably from the perspective of someone looking up from the round earth.
It does align....if you ignore the apparent size and realize the sun is so far away that it is impossible to light the other side of the moon....
Gandalf really is that much taller than Frodo....false perspective caused by the mind
The sun...is behind the moon....so....all it can light up is the back ....ever see a glowing building at sunset .....?????? If the sun is so big ..why is the front shadowed?????!!!!!