Does Mt. Everest cast a shadow on the moon?
If yes,where can I see it in “black and white”. Thank you for your effort, I’ve had no luck The answer to this is a very definite yes and no! Ignoring the effects of the Earth’s atmosphere (which I have no idea how to take into account), and assuming the Moon has a smooth surface (which I’ll comment on below) the shadow of the Earth on the Moon would not have a sharp edge, but would be bumpy due to variations in height of the Earth. Every once in a while the Earth-Moon system would be set up such that Mount Everest is on the edge of the shadow of the Earth on the Moon. Mount Everest has a peak elevation of 29,035 feet (8850 meters, see Mnt Everest), or 0.1% of the radius of the Earth (which at the equator is 6378.137 km or 3963.19 miles), so the bump on the shadow would stick out by about 0.1% of the radius of the shadow. This is the largest the shadow of Everest could ever be. The next question to ask is if that is large enough to be visible. Lots of clever things have been done in th
