When you can see the moon during the day, does the mean the other side of the planet can’t see the moon at night? Does this have to do with the phases of the moon?

Question

I feel like, outside of the moon phases, I can see the moon every night I’ve thought to check. But sometimes you can see the moon during the day, which would mean that it’s facing that side of the planet. Would that mean the moon isn’t visible to places where it’s currently night? And even during the “new” moon phases, it’s still facing the planet at night, right? Because the next night it’s there but just a sliver?

I just can’t wrap my head around this.

In: Physics

Answer 1

The moon is far away. You seeing the moon during the day only means some of the people who are in a night time position don’t see the moon. If you draw a circle on a far side of a piece of paper and then a dot on the other, you can draw the observable with simple lines from the dot to the circle. If you add another paper with a sun, you can represent day and night.