This week 6-year-old Kambreigh Schooley asked us why she can sometimes see the moon during the daytime…What a great question!
To answer this question you need to first remember that one half of the moon is always illuminated by the Sun.
Saturday, May 30th, 2009 marks the 1st Quarter Moon. Not a big deal, unless you notice that this is the 2nd 1st Quarter Moon in May (the first being back on May 1st). Nobody really pays attention to a 2nd 1st quarter moon in a month, but everybody pays attention to a 2nd Full Moon [...]
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