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The moon can be seen during the day in the week before and the week after a full moon. <\/p>\n
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In the wake of the rise of the full harvest moon<\/a> during dusk on Monday, Oct. 6, our natural satellite will rise about 50 minutes later each night. That can only mean one thing \u2014 it must set later, too, and therefore be in the daytime sky after sunrise. <\/p>\n Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the phenomenon of the morning moon as it becomes clearly visible in daylight, in a blue sky \u2014 and when and where to see it. <\/p>\n ForbesIn Photos: See The \u2018Harvest Moon\u2019 Rise, 2025\u2019s First \u2018Supermoon\u2019By Jamie Carter<\/a>When And Where To Look<\/p>\n The key to observing the daytime moon lies in understanding its orbit. At full moon, it\u2019s 180 degrees from the sun, reducing to 90 degrees a week later when it will be half-lit \u2014 its last quarter moon phase. By then it will rise close to midnight, climb high during the night and set around midday. <\/p>\n This week it will be a waning gibbous moon, big and bright and in the southwest in the morning sky. <\/p>\n That same pattern will occur worldwide, though with local moonrise and moonset times changing slightly according to longitude. <\/p>\n An early morning moon-set over a series of sea stacks at the mouth of Siletz Bay on the northern Oregon Pacific Coast near Lincoln City, Oregon, 2014. (Photo by Buddy Mays\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n Getty ImagesWhat You\u2019ll See<\/p>\n To the naked eye, the waning gibbous moon will dominate the southwestern sky during dawn and remain very prominent in the daytime sky during the morning. <\/p>\n If you have binoculars or a small telescope, have a look at the dividing line between lunar day and night on the moon, known as the terminator. Sunlight hits the lunar surface at an angle, causing craters and the Apennine mountain range \u2014 visible in the south of the moon \u2014 to cast long shadows. <\/p>\n It\u2019s the same when you view it in the morning, though it\u2019s during dawn that it\u2019s going to be at its brightest and best as it hangs close to the southwestern horizon.<\/p>\n As it shrinks to a crescent midweek, it will arguably look at its very best in the hour or so before sunrise \u2014 particularly as it passes close to Venus on Sunday, Oct. 19, while just a super-slim 4% crescent. <\/p>\n