Why is there no "no moon?"

[hollywood926]

There's a full moon and a half moon and a quarter moon, but no "no moon." There is always a portion of a moon. Why?

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. Because.....

WE LIKE THE MOON!

http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

:headbang:

[tuvor]

2. That's called the new moon, isn't it?

There's a moon in the sky
It's called "the moon"!

[mcscajun]

3. You forget the "New Moon"?

New Moon - The Moon's unilluminated side is facing the Earth. The Moon is not visible (except during a solar eclipse).


That's 'no moon' -- for a very brief time.

[Lex]

4. I thought the same side of the moon faces us always.

It just depends on the illumination as to whether it is new moon, half moon, and so on.

[mcscajun]

6. That's true, but at the new moon the side we always see isn't illuminated

and the other side Is. :)

[tk2kewl]

5. Didn't NASA shoot it down today?

:shrug:

[Thor_MN]

7. Randy Moss shot it in Wisconsin last Sunday,

but it's been talked to death.