>>14476134That makes no snese. If it is colser to the sun, but is under it, the top section would also be illuminated. If the same is true, but it's above the sun, the bottom section would be illuminated.
If it is level wit the sun, we would get a solar eclypse every month.
So in your model, if the moon is not level with the sun, it would always have atleast a crescent illuminated, there would be no new moon. If the moon is even slightly level with the sun, we would ave a solar eclypse every month. This is not the case, so your model is wrong.
Also, the gibbous moon or even some times the full moon can be seen during the day, which the your model can't explain.
It also still doesn't explain the setting sun or the rising sun, which set and rise at almost the same size as they are at their highest point. They go over the horizon. Which we can all observe with our own eyes.
