The Moon only seems to "change shape". We only see one side of the Moon from Earth. The variation in the amount of sunlight hitting that side of the Moon, as it orbits Earth, is why we see the apparent changes in shape. These changes are called "lunar phases".
The waxing and waning of the moon, or "moon phases".
Those are the different shapes of the lit portion of the Moon that can be seen from Earth
because of the sun the moon changes shapes.
the moon appears to change shapes because you only see the part of it that reflects sunlight THAT YOU CAN SEE. so of the 1/2 of the moon that is illuminated, you only see part of it, the part changing as the moon orbits the earth.
the moon can have up to 8 different shapes so there are different kinds of shapes and you rarely see a full moon
These shapes of the moon are called Phases
there are different shapes of the moon because its when the sun reflects on it on a way that's why the moon changes shape
it is to do with the positionin of the sun n moon and when there are different shapes the moon has blocked out some of the sunlight which causes there 2 be different shapes hope that helps JB
The phases of the moon.
The different shapes of the moon: Waxing cresent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbbous, Full Moon, Third Quarter, and Waxing Cresent. There are 7 different shapes of the moon, that you might sometimes see at night!
The different shapes of the moon: Waxing cresent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbbous, Full Moon, Third Quarter, and Waxing Cresent. There are 7 different shapes of the moon, that you might sometimes see at night!
It's because the angle between the moon, Sun and Earth change, so we see a different portion of the lit side of the moon every night.