Is the sun visible if you're standing on the moon..?

Brainiac2

Quote by hav0c

yes unless it is a lunar eclipse on the earth
:D

Or if you are standing on the dark side of the moon facing away from the sun.

enosis_

Quote by buzzdiamond

My educated guess is that you can see the sun if you were standing on the moon. Having said that, why isn't there any pictures of the sun taken by astronauts who've "supposedly" walked on the moon..? This seems odd to me.

I think this is a good question. After searching a bit - it seems the primary photography target is Earth.

trollcast

Quote by trollcast

There are a couple of pictures of the sun taken from the moon from the Apollo 17 on this web site

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ap.../magazine/?134

The picture reference numbers are AS17-134-20410 and AS17-134-20411

Quote by enosis_

I think this is a good question. After searching a bit - it seems the primary photography target is Earth.

There were pictures taken of the sun, not sure if they were intentional or not as previously has been said the cameras could have been damaged by direct shots of the sun.

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