Modern Australian

Curious Kids: Why can I sometimes see the Moon in the daytime?

  • Written by Duane W. Hamacher, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
Curious Kids: Why can I sometimes see the Moon in the daytime?The _time_ of moonrise and moonset and the _shape_ of the Moon change throughout the month.Marcella Cheng/The Conversation, CC BY-NC-ND

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!


Why...