2 Suns?

[Andy09]

Travelling West at 2.00pm last Friday afternoon on a cloudy day, through a break in the clouds i saw the Sun and to the left of it what appeared to be another Sun, i think this was Saturn but can any anyone tell me am i right or wrong

[razza]

You wouldnt see saturn unless the sun had gone down

[Francis Asis]

Was it not the Moon?

[starone]

There's an answer to this, but unfortunately lI can't think what it is. I shall have to leave it to one of our more scientific friends. I have seen it before, so I know it is perfectly normal and not the end of the world, well not yet anyway.

[Prudie]

How did the sizes compare? if it was any of the planets it would still look like a normal star next to the sun and it's Jupiter that has been very visible for the last few weeks (only at night).
You weren't on a train looking through double glazing were you?

[naomi24]

The moon.

[boxtops]

That's what I was thinking prudie, a reflection showing a second image.

[naomi24]

From the internet

// ………..The moon takes about 25 hours to circle the earth so if you start on a night when the moon rises as the sun sets, about 12 days later they will rise together. It happens once a month (twice occasionally)………..

[sandyRoe]

Once in a blue moon?

[boxtops]

Ah no, I know that one sandyRoe - a blue moon is when there are two full moons in one calendar month.

[naomi24]

I always thought that when the sun and the moon could be seen at the same time, which they often can, the image of the moon was a reflection. Maybe you should have posted this in science Andy.