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Why the moon shows up in daylight, and why this week is best

Space.com says the moon sits in the daytime sky because sunlight doesn't drown it out; this week gives an especially good view, no telescope required.

On air: Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on The Midday Show
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Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on this story, from The Midday Show at 12:34 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Space.com's, the jokes are ours.

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Photo: ESO/Y. Beletsky · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHere is the one I have been waiting for: the moon is out right now, in broad daylight, and this week is a particularly good time to spot it.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt's up there because the sun isn't bright enough to hide it entirely, which is the sort of thing that should worry us, and nobody told us.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNobody hid anything.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe moon doesn't clock out at sunrise, it just lights up the same sky we're already using, and you can look for it this afternoon without a telescope.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo it's been watching us all along.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's a free show, Dale, and it never once buffers.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe one thing in the sky that shows up to work every day, and it's still not on payroll.

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