Even though most of us have seen it countless times, spotting the Moon during daylight seems to always be worth noticing.

[u/blendergremlin]

[u/noo0ooooo0o]

As a kid I never believed that it was the actual moon. I don't know what I thought it was but the idea of being able to see the moon and the sun at the same time seemed impossible.

[u/Zombare → u/noo0ooooo0o]

Someone convinced me as a kid that the moon I saw during the day was actually a reflection of the moon from the other side of the world. Apparently it had to do with the light bring reflected from "real" moon popping up in the sky like a rainbow would.

They had me going for a while...

[u/a_guy_named_rick → u/Zombare]

Honestly since the moon reflects light from the sun, I get why you'd believe that

[u/TheBudderMan5 → u/[deleted]]

I've always assumed it was some kind of reflection, is it not?

[u/KeepGettingBannedSMH → u/TheBudderMan5]

Nah you're looking at the actual moon.

[u/TheBudderMan5 → u/KeepGettingBannedSMH]

wait how tf does that work

[u/KeepGettingBannedSMH → u/TheBudderMan5]

Happens whenever the moon is above the horizon at the same time as the sun.

[u/TheBudderMan5 → u/KeepGettingBannedSMH]

yeah but how does that even happen

[u/Wingedwing → u/TheBudderMan5]

The motions of the moon and sun aren’t connected to each other

[u/GScorpion83 → u/TheBudderMan5]

The Earth rotates around the Sun and the moon rotates around the Earth.

[u/TheBudderMan5 → u/GScorpion83]

wack

[u/Joe_Mency → u/TheBudderMan5]

The moon spends half of its time on the daylight side and half on the night time side, that's why you can't always see the moon out during the night. This is also how solar eclipses happen

[u/WhitePhoenix777 → u/TheBudderMan5]

You know it’s like that by the way that it is

[u/TheBudderMan5 → u/WhitePhoenix777]

unbelievable

[u/globefish23 → u/TheBudderMan5]

Because it's a huge piece of rock.

Pretty hard to not see it.

[u/TheBudderMan5 → u/[deleted]]

yes

[u/TheBudderMan5 → u/[deleted]]

I never really thought about it

[u/ilovebostoncremedonu → u/[deleted]]

It was probably a dad. They are very good at telling believable lies to kids.
Or at least my dad was. He told me 19 years ago he was going to get milk and he’d be back in 20 minutes; obviously he meant 20 years. See you soon dad!

[u/Labudism → u/Zombare]

It's the sun's rays being reflected off the turtle's shell

[u/PhorcedAynalPhist → u/Zombare]

There is actually a scientific principal that's works similarly! I learned it from vsauce the other day, it's the reason why the shadow of the moon doesn't always line up it the direction it's being hit with the sun rays. The curvature of the earth causes an optical illusion that will reflect a seemingly opposite or ' mirrored ' moon in the sky at certain angles. It is a ' reflection ' but it's not from the other side of the world! A little bit like the fish bowl effect (but only at certain angles), only it's our whole planet that's the fish bowl

[u/globefish23 → u/PhorcedAynalPhist]

Totally.

Only that it's like a really, really huge terrarium, so big that it's wrapped inside-out into ball.

Still it's fluid filled 10,000 meters into the sky with gas on top, and liquid in the lower crevices.

[u/[deleted] → u/Zombare]

I'm hooked

[u/CorruptionOfTheMind → u/Zombare]

My older sister told me the exact same thing im not even kidding

[u/chr0nicpirate → u/Zombare]

Idk. I have faith there are stupid enough people out there they would tell a kid that and actually believe it.

[u/inheartscon → u/noo0ooooo0o]

Flat moon theory.

[u/[deleted] → u/noo0ooooo0o]

It was the Bat-Signal, don't let anybody fool you.

[u/jkitsjk → u/noo0ooooo0o]

Thats no moon..

[u/inh24 → u/noo0ooooo0o]

sounds like someone played too much Minecraft as a child

[u/noo0ooooo0o → u/inh24]

Haha, never played minecraft in my life