Obviously looking at it from different angles is how you see full, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 reflections on a sphere. This should inform your perspective of how you see the moon at different positions in it's revolution around the earth. Not sure why the Earth's rotation or your position relative to the equator would have anything to do with it.
I constantly see the moon at sunset....just today in fact. It was a crescent the other day.... But not at sunrise that I can think of, but definitely other amounts - full, and possibly 3/4
The Rotation on the face of the moon changes with the phase, it is not the same point in the sky at different phases at the same time of the year, so I have tried to spot the reflection on the surface.
GeekMage did a good job of explaining the ball lighting though. Specifically "scene" or "directional" lighting would come in "mostly perpendicular" to the surface, and this would result in reflected light but possibly "diffused" by the surface properties.
This would scatter the light much like you get when you shine onto a pile of dirt - it does not reflect like it does on water.
The thing I can somewhat not prove is the distance itself. There are lots of possible combinations which could in theory provide a similar output.
So if it is reflected light, it does not mean the sun is as far away as they tell us...nor does it mean the earth is a ball....
It just means that there are multiple solutions to your linear equation.
Can we also acknowledge that both the sunlight and the moonlight come through our atmosphere as well, so it can also been scattered slightly during the transport
I don't pay much attention to the sky. I've seen a "blood moon" which I think was close to sunset. I can't remember if I've seen a crescent moon at sunrise, but I don't know what's special about it.
Obviously looking at it from different angles is how you see full, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 reflections on a sphere. This should inform your perspective of how you see the moon at different positions in it's revolution around the earth. Not sure why the Earth's rotation or your position relative to the equator would have anything to do with it.
Of course. Position is relevant, when you cite it, but not me. The sun is Schrodinger's light source.
And for some reason you are bringing up the equator, when I was not discussing it at at all?
And I am now realizing that you are not u/MindlessRationality.
Which explains why your hollow argument doesn't match up with his.
In fact, neither of you have addressed a single thing I have said.
Why is that?
I tried.
Follow up Questions;
I constantly see the moon at sunset....just today in fact. It was a crescent the other day.... But not at sunrise that I can think of, but definitely other amounts - full, and possibly 3/4
The Rotation on the face of the moon changes with the phase, it is not the same point in the sky at different phases at the same time of the year, so I have tried to spot the reflection on the surface.
GeekMage did a good job of explaining the ball lighting though. Specifically "scene" or "directional" lighting would come in "mostly perpendicular" to the surface, and this would result in reflected light but possibly "diffused" by the surface properties.
This would scatter the light much like you get when you shine onto a pile of dirt - it does not reflect like it does on water.
The thing I can somewhat not prove is the distance itself. There are lots of possible combinations which could in theory provide a similar output.
So if it is reflected light, it does not mean the sun is as far away as they tell us...nor does it mean the earth is a ball....
It just means that there are multiple solutions to your linear equation.
Can we also acknowledge that both the sunlight and the moonlight come through our atmosphere as well, so it can also been scattered slightly during the transport
I don't pay much attention to the sky. I've seen a "blood moon" which I think was close to sunset. I can't remember if I've seen a crescent moon at sunrise, but I don't know what's special about it.