[fuzzylionfish]

A few months ago I witnessed a solar eclipse, as I live in Nashville. I was wondering, what was blocking out the sun? I originally believed it was the moon, but during further research on FES I realized that the moon and the sun will always be on opposite sides of the Earth disc, leading to the day and night cycle. Also, I was wondering why daylight seems much shorter. Even at 5:30 pm CT, the sky seems like night. But in the summer, sunset will not occur until 7 or 8 in the evening. Can someone answer my questions?

Thanks,
fuzzylionfish

[douglips]

What do you mean the sun and Moon will always be on opposite sides? You've never seen a thin crescent Moon near the sun at sunset?

[fuzzylionfish]

I was looking at the FAQ to see if my question had an answer in there, and there was a diagram illustrating the day-night cycle and how the sun and moon essentially were splitting the disc with one half of light and another of darkness, hence day and night.

[Rounder]

That image is not meant to illustrate where the sun and moon are on EVERY day, merely where they are on a PARTICULAR day.  The flat earth belief acknowledges the moon moves different than the sun.