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The sun and the earth cast a shadow over the moon while they revolve so the shadow will decrease and increase over the moon by which part of the moon is visible by the sun.
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What causes the Moon's appearance to change as it revolves around earth?
the sun because the moon doesnt make its own light
What is waning crescent and what causes it?
When the sun is on the opposite side of the moon not on the same side of waxing crescent.
Why do the Moon's appearance change?
coz
What is the phase of the moon when it's crescent shaped?
When the moon looks like a crescent, it is either a waxing crescent or waning crescent moon.
What is a waxing crescent and what causes it?
Waxing means getting bigger; crescent means the moon looks thin. The sun shining on one side of the moon causes it. Hold up an orange in the sunshine and you'll see the same thing.
What causes the Moon's appearance to change in the night sky?
The sun
What causes the moon to wax and wane when it is going from a crescent to full moon and back to a crescent?
It's the earth shadow
What causes the moon to go from crescent to full moon?
It is a shodow from the earth.
What causes the Moon's appearance to change as it revolves around earth?
the sun because the moon doesnt make its own light
What is waning crescent and what causes it?
When the sun is on the opposite side of the moon not on the same side of waxing crescent.
Why do the Moon's appearance change?
coz
What causes the differences in the moon's appearance?
the shadow of the earth as the moon orbits around it.
What is the phase of the moon when it's crescent shaped?
When the moon looks like a crescent, it is either a waxing crescent or waning crescent moon.
What is a waxing crescent and what causes it?
Waxing means getting bigger; crescent means the moon looks thin. The sun shining on one side of the moon causes it. Hold up an orange in the sunshine and you'll see the same thing.
What is the different shapes of the Moon's appearance from earth?
The moon can look like a semicircle, a fingernail crescent, a gibbous (egg shaped moon) and of course it can look like a complete circle.
What moon phase occurs between the new moon and the first quarter?
Waxing crescent.
What is a simile of a crescent moon?
The moon was as cresent as a moon.......
