The Moon isn't changing between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, so why does it look upside down when you travel to Australia from the North America?

Think of the phases labeled "new moon," "first quarter," "full moon," and "third quarter" as the numbers 12, 9, 6, and 3 on a clock, respectively. (For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the ...

The Moon does look upside down in the Southern Hemisphere compared to the Northern Hemisphere. It is simply a matter of orientation.

Of course, all of this becomes the opposite once you’re viewing the moon from the Southern Hemisphere. As EarthSky explains: “observers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres see the moon ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, the moon will appear unusually close to the horizon over the day/evening, marking the lowest-hanging moon since 2006. Down here in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the ...