A few months ago I saw the moon out during the day time, and I asked my gf how could that be if others are seeing the same moon? This is a pretty common question, but I've had this diagram in my head that shows me this does not make sense.
To first even consider my drawing, I need to know one definitive answer: can two people on opposite ends of the world see the moon at the same time? I've seen a lot of discussion, but nobody has seemed to confirm this through any experimentation.
For sake of argument, the two perspectives on my round Earth are not on exact opposite ends, but slightly less than 180 degrees. I'm assuming* that if those two locations are equally opposite distances from the Moon than they would both be cloaked in darkness, at least enough to see the moon.
What puzzles me, is how can they see the same face of the moon? I mean, they would surely see different sides of the moon. I feel like I must be grossly simplifying this, or am completely missing something here.
Can anyone shed some light on this? If I'm being illogical in my thinking I'd like to know where I'm going wrong.
