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The abrupt change (line) between light and dark on the moon is called the terminator. The shadow on the moon is there because the sun only lights up half of the moon (which is a sphere) at a time.

Also, people on earth always see the same side of the moon. This is because the moon rotates at the same rate as it orbits (kinda tricky). This phenomenon is called tidal locking. The side of the moon we never see interestingly enough has the biggest impact crater in our solar system.

So basically as the moon revolves around the earth and the terminator moves across the moon, more and more of the bright part is 'clipped away' until we eventually end up with a moon that looks totally black. This happens at the end of every month and is called the new moon.

Here is the link to the wikipedia article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase

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the line inbetween the light and the shadow on the moon is called the Terminator. :I i really don't know why...

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the terminator is the line that separates light and dark sides of the moon.

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It's the line where part of the moon doesn't light the night. and, if you look, that line serves a purpose of telling what kind of moon night it is without looking at a calendar.

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The dark and light parts on the moon are

light- cheese

dark- mold

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The line is called the terminator

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Dark- maria

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