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Lunar movement |
The moon revolves with Earth around the Sun as the Moon is revolving around the Earth |
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Moon phases |
The causes of the phases of the Moon depends on how much of the sunlit side of the Moon reflects back to Earth as it revolves and rotates around the Earth |
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New moon |
the face of the Moon that can be seen from the Earth is no longer illuminated by the Sun's rays as the opposing side is facing the Sun, it is invisible in the Earth's sky |
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Waxing crescent |
When the lights gut is visible on the right side of the moon |
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1st quarter |
When the moons illumination is increasing |
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Waxing gibbous |
When the light is visible on the left side of the moon |
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Full moon |
The phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated |
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Waning gibbous |
The phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated |
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3rd/last quarter |
The moon is one-half illuminated by the sun |
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Waning crescent |
Less then half lit so you can only see a sliver of the moon |
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