Could Apollo astronauts see the Earth from the Moons surface?

OptionsOptionsOptions said:
That's not from the surface of the Moon.
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So what? What difference would it make? Why do you think there is some reason for the Earth to not be visible from the moon? A "full" Earth view would be problematic of course. The moon would have to be between or nearly between Earth and Sun, and you would have to be on the night side of the moon. Keep in mind that relative to Earth, the moon does not rotate. Relative to the sun, it rotates at the same relative rate at which it orbits Earth. If the moon is directly between the two bodies, there will be a solar eclipse on Earth and you will see the moon's shadow travel across the visible side of the planet. If you are on the daylight side of the moon, you will not see a "full" Earth, obviously. Gibbous, yeah. Half, crescent, yeah. Same goes for a close lunar orbit.
 
GrowleyMonster said:
So what? What difference would it make? Why do you think there is some reason for the Earth to not be visible from the moon?
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I don't .....I expect the earth to be always visible from the near side of the moon. From the Astronauts perspective the Earth would stay in the same spot and not move.

My question is in regards to why the Earth was rarely photographed from the moons surface - so far it looks like just one image. From looking at that image I think the Earth was just too high and they couldn't compose a good enough image with a suitable foreground.
 
kandlekid said:
Not an astronomer, but I suspect you'd have to be on the correct side of the moon for that (i.e. the side pointed at earth, I don't think the moon rotates like earth, but only once every time it circles the earth).
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All Apollo landings were on the near-side of the Moon - the side facing Earth.
 
If the Earth is round, where are all the corners!

Why does Buzz only have photos of a circular Earth but not one clearly showing the corners!?
 
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