A brighter moon that's harder to see

In honour of the full moon an odd moon question for you all.

The idea is to create a situation in which the inhabitants of a world believe utterly that the moon only exists at night. I'd also like to create a different day-night cycle with the moon providing enough light to extend the hours of daylight. To these ends I need a moon that is substantially similar to ours but is brighter at night and yet invisible in the day sky. How might such an effect be accomplished?

Things that need to stay the same:

• The moon needs to have phasing behaviour like the Earth's.

• It can be larger but not smaller in visual magnitude than Earth's.

• The moon needs to exhibit the same or very similar behaviour in it's daylight invisibility over a wide area of the globe such that a nation on pare with the height of the Roman Empire for size wouldn't see different effects from geographical distinct areas.

Any other changes to the planet or it's satellite are in play.

Please note I want the moon to still be in the sky during the day but be invisible from the ground, this world's first look at the moon from space on the day side should come as something of a shock, a moment of "they told us it was there, I've seen the models but I couldn't quite make myself believe it".

posted over 6 years ago

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