Crescent
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.
Albedo
The moon is said to be waning, when the lighted part gets smaller. When it gets larger, the moon is waxing.
It is called a waxing moon.
It is called a waxing moon.
a full moon
When the lighted part of the moon grows it is a "waxing 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."
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.
Not exactly. The lighted side of the moon as seen from Earth is that part that is not shadowed by the Earth.
waxing
When the Moon is the opposite side of the Earth to the Sun.