Here’s today’s Astronomy 101 lesson. The outside curve of the Crescent Moon always points towards the Sun; and the Crescent Moon is always within 90° of the Sun in the sky; the thinner the crescent, the closer the two are. When the curve of such a thin crescent as today’s is pointing even slightly upwards, as it is in today’s strip, the Sun must be above the horizon. In which case, it’s daytime: the sky would be bright blue, not black, and no stars would be visible. This often happens in comics, and even TV shows (“Smallville” was terrible about this). I hope you all were taking notes: there’ll be a quiz tomorrow.
Werner Heisenberg gets stopped for speeding. The police officer asks him, “Do you know how fast you were going?” Heisenberg replies, “No, but at least I know where I am.”
Here’s today’s Astronomy 101 lesson. The outside curve of the Crescent Moon always points towards the Sun; and the Crescent Moon is always within 90° of the Sun in the sky; the thinner the crescent, the closer the two are. When the curve of such a thin crescent as today’s is pointing even slightly upwards, as it is in today’s strip, the Sun must be above the horizon. In which case, it’s daytime: the sky would be bright blue, not black, and no stars would be visible. This often happens in comics, and even TV shows (“Smallville” was terrible about this). I hope you all were taking notes: there’ll be a quiz tomorrow.