No matter where you are on Earth, the moon itself shifts its orientation with respect to your horizon as it moves across your sky. The Sun does not rotate like a solid object and is spinning faster at its equator than it is at its poles. Over the 24 hour period that it takes for the Earth to spin so that all areas can see the Moon, these relative positions wouldn’t alter enough to see a different phase of the Moon around the world. Can somebody please explain this to me, I cannot for the life of me understand the meaning behind this. “It's a full moon here tonight, which makes me think of you. Because, I know that no matter what I am doing or where I am, this moon will always be the same size as yours, half a world away.” ― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John On Earth, the planet is rotating at the same speed no matter where you are. I want you to think about me and the week we shared, because wherever I am and no matter … Nov 9, 2014 - "no matter where you are in the world, the moon's never bigger than your thumb." No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. A fly(or a human), standing anywhere on your head (or the Earth), will see the same view of the tennis ball (or phase of the Moon). The same percentage of the Moon will be illuminated no matter where on Earth you are. The phase of the Moon is defined by the proportion of the Moon lit up by the Sun that is visible from Earth. The Moon phases are the same all over the world, both in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. - dear john. Close • Posted by 6 minutes ago. Wherever you are and no matter what's going on in your life, when it's the first night of the full moon-like it was the first time we met-I want you to find it in the nighttime sky.

Nov 25, 2012 - “No matter where you are in the world, the moon is never bigger than your thumb. ... Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world … When you are facing away from the lamp, the tennis ball is fully lit (full moon) unless your head’s in the way (lunar eclipse). It is complicated to say how fast the Sun is spinning but depending whereabouts on the Sun you are looking at it takes between 24 and 38 days to spin around. No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb.