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Those are called the "phases" of the Moon. The Moon can be "full", meaning we can see all of the sunlit hemisphere. It can be "new", meaning we can't see any of it in sunlight.

Between those phases are "waxing and waning crescents" and "waxing and waning gibbous", and the "first and third quarter phases". The actual order of the phases is:

New, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent.

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