Three-quarters of the illuminated surface can be seen during both the waxing gibbous and waning gibbous periods, about 4 days before and 4 days after the full moon.
The amount of lighted side of the moon you can see is the same during first quarter and third quarter phases. These phases occur when half of the moon's surface is illuminated, and they represent the halfway points between new moon and full moon phases.
yes the phases do depend on the lighted side.
The amount of the lighted side of the moon you can see is the same during the first quarter and the last quarter phases. In both phases, half of the moon's illuminated side is visible from Earth.
The phase you are referring to is called "waxing," where the amount of the lighted side of the moon that can be seen increases as the moon moves from new moon to full moon.
Waxing phases - including waxing crescent, first quarter, and waxing gibbous - are when the amount of lighted surface seen on Earth increases. During these phases, the Moon transitions from being mostly dark to mostly lit as it approaches the full moon.
True. The phases of the moon are determined by how much of the lighted side of the moon is visible from Earth as the moon orbits around it. This is why we see different phases like new moon, full moon, crescent, and gibbous.
No, during a full moon, we see the entire lighted side of the moon, whereas during a new moon, the lighted side of the moon is facing away from Earth so we see no lighted side at all.
First Quarter or Third Quarter.
Yes. There is always (except during certain eclipses) half of the moon illuminated. However, there is no 'dark side of the moon' per se. The same part of the moon is always facing the earth, but the part that is lighted changes by the minute, just as it does on Earth.
From earth we see the same side of the moon but depending on the position of the moon, earth, sun we see different portions of the moon- these are known as the phases of the moon.
This is what causes the so-called "phases" of the moon: although fully half of the moon is lighted, we can only see part of the lighted part. A person on earth hardly ever sees all of the lighted side of the moon. When he does, he calls the sight a "full moon."
The shape of the lighted part of the moon is called the "phase" of the moon. The phases of the moon change as it orbits Earth, transitioning from new moon to full moon and back to new moon in a cycle lasting about 29.5 days.