But that only applies when you are between the sun and moon...which means it must be positioned specifically. It's your perspective that is causing the appearance of the crescent. The moon is full....if you were between it and the sun and looked at the moon straight on....relative to the sun...
But when you have sun to your right, and moon is above your head.....you are not between them...so you cannot see the full lighting.
Technically you would never see a full moon on the same side of the sun...and only can you see both when they are both 180 degrees on the Horizon.
To phrase it differently. What you see....is not what the sun sees.
But that only applies when you are between the sun and moon...which means it must be positioned specifically. It's your perspective that is causing the appearance of the crescent. The moon is full....if you were between it and the sun and looked at the moon straight on....relative to the sun...
But when you have sun to your right, and moon is above your head.....you are not between them...so you cannot see the full lighting.
Technically you would never see a full moon on the same side of the sun...and only can you see both when they are both 180 degrees on the Horizon.
To phrase it differently. What you see....is not what the sun sees.
The sun always sees the full moon.