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First Quarter is when you can see the right half. Waxing Crescent is a crescent on the right side. New Moon is black. Waning Crescent is on the left side. Third quarter is when you see the left half. Waning Gibbous is when the left two thirds to three quarters is visible. Full Moon is the entire moon. Waxing Gibbous is the right two thirds to three quarters.

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You would call the shape a semi-circle (but a circle is 2D = Flat) but because it is the Moon we are talking about (which is 3D = not flat). We'll call it something like: Half of a sphere. As the moon's 3D Shape is a sphere.

I know it may sound silly but I'd personally call it a semi-sphere (as it is half [semi] of a sphere that is lit).

But the actual name is a hemisphere, but you could call it a semi-sphere if you wanted as they both mean the same thing... But if you are in an exam, you'd call it a hemisphere.

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The shapes of moon are changing as earth keeps on moving. one of the moons shaoe is crescent

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What is the phase when you see half the moon or earth?

Half-moon Half-Earth


Waxing moon phase in which one half of the moons lighted side can be seen from Earth?

That's the one called "First Quarter", taking place about 7.4 days after the New Moon.


Why do you have half and full moon?

Due to the phases of the moon and rotation of the Earth.


What happens to the light of the moon every 15 days?

it doesn't there is just a shadow on the moon giving the appearance that it changes. The moon does not change its shape, it is always a spheroid. It is the angles of a triangle formed by the sun, moon, and earth that change and affect which half of the moon is in sunlight and how much of that part is visible from earth. When this triangle is almost a straight line with the sun and moon on opposite sides of the earth you can see all of the lighted area and the moon is round (full moon). When they form an equilateral triangle, i.e. the sun is setting when the moon is at 60 degrees in the western sky, you see a semi-circle because only half of the side facing earth is lighted.


Describe the characteristics of the moon and the Earth for each phase of the moon?

The characteristics of the Earth and Moon don't depend on the Moon's phase.The thing that changes is their orientation relative to the sun. In fact, theMoon's phase is the result of that orientation.New Moon . . . Earth, Sun, and Moon in line, with Moon in the middle.Crescent . . . Acute angle, with Earth at the vertex.First/Third Quarter . . . Right angle, with Earth at the vertex.Gibbous . . . Obtuse angle, with Earth at the vertex.Full Moon . . . Earth, Sun, and Moon in line, with Earth in the middle.

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Why does the moon seems to change its shape as it moves around the earth?

The moon seems to change shape as it moves around the earth because the moon is always half lit by the sun. The amount of the lit half we see changes because the moon revolves around the earth.


Does the moon appear to change shape because of the Earth's shadow on the moon?

No. The earth's shadow on the moon is a lunar eclipse. The moon appears to change shape depending on which part of orbit the earth is in. The sun is almost always shining on one half of the moon (excluding during a lunar eclipse).


What is the phase when you see half the moon or earth?

Half-moon Half-Earth


Why the visible moons shape changes?

Only the half of the moon that is illuminated by sunlight will be visible; the other half is dark. Because the relative positions of the Earth, moon, and sun are always changing, the viewer on Earth will see varying amounts of the illuminated half of the moon.


What is the moon called when the shape is half circle?

quarter Moon if its half of a sphere then its half moon


Does the moon affect life on Earth when it changes shape every month?

No....... but yes. The moon does not change shape. The moon is always a sphere and only half of it is ever illuminated by the sun, coincidently the same half always points towards the Earth. The moon then revolves aroung the earth and so shows us the light and dark halves as it goes around. As the moon revolves around the earth, it effects the tides and other things for us here. But mostly no the moon does not change shape. Please send an angry letter on behalf of humanity to whomever told you the moon changes shape.


What shape will the moon be on the 22nd of March 2011?

It will be a waning gibbous. The moon itself will remain the same shape it always has; spherical. However, from the Earth, it will resemble an oval-like shape; almost a half circle.


How is a half moon formed?

The Moon is there, but the side that's reflecting the Sun's light is facing away from Earth. As the Moon moves around Earth in its orbit, the light reflecting off the side of the Moon creates a sliver of shape. This is a crescent moon.


What is the term for the lit shape of the moon?

The general term for the visible lit part of the moon is "the phase of the moon." The visible lit portion can have a crescent shape, a gibbous shape or a "half-moon" (half circle) shape.


When you can see half of the moon what do you call it?

A half moonA half moon


What is the shape of the moon on Halloween?

Technically, the shape of the moon never changes. What changes is what we saw on Earth. The shape we see depends on the alignment of the Moon, Earth, and Sun.


Are the earth and its moon the same shape?

no the earth is bigger than the moon