An informal expression that is more often used in casual conversation than in formal speech or writing. Colloquialisms are not substandard or illiterate speech, says Maity Schrecengost. Rather, they are idioms, conversational phrases, and informal speech patterns often common to a particular region or nationality. Not found everywhere, colloquialisms are words and phrases that we learn at home rather than at school (Writing Whizardry, 2010). See Examples and Observations below.
So what causes us to be able to see the moon during the day? The moon has an orbit around the earth and we can see it at night because of the reflection of the sunâs rays and energy that bounce back to the earth. This is what gives the moon the brilliant white glow. Itâs important to also remember that the earth has a rotation and an orbit around the sun.
During the full moon, the sun is in one direction, the moon is in the other and the sun is fully illuminating the moon. As a result of the moon going around the earth, the moon rises on average 50 minutes later every night. So if the moon rises at 8pm tonight, it will rise an hour later tomorrow night. This is one thing to note. The other thing to note is that the earthâs rotation axis is not upright relative to its orbit.