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What is the shape of the lighted part of the moon called?
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.
What is the shape of the lighted part of the moon at any given point?
Albedo
What is it called when the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting smaller?
The moon is said to be waning, when the lighted part gets smaller. When it gets larger, the moon is waxing.
When the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting larger it is called?
It is called a waxing moon.
What is it called when the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting larger?
It is called a waxing moon.
When the lighted part of the moon faces in the direction of the sun the moon is called what?
a full moon
When the lighted part of the moon grows it is a?
When the lighted part of the moon grows it is a "waxing moon".
What phenomenon is caused when a person on earth cannot see all of the fully lighted side 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."
When the light part of the moon grows bigger it is?
it is called waxing. when the lighted part of moon starts growing bigger till it becomes from a new moon to a full moon it is called waxing.
Is the phase of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from earth?
Not exactly. The lighted side of the moon as seen from Earth is that part that is not shadowed by the Earth.
When the lighted part of the moon grows bigger it is?
waxing
When do you see the whole lighted part of the moon?
When the Moon is the opposite side of the Earth to the Sun.
