The phases of the moon as it orbits the earth
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.
What changes from days to day is the amount of sunlight we see on the moon. As the moon orbits the earth and the earth orbits the sun, the sun hits the moon at a different angle in relation to the earth.
Exactly the same as the ones we see the Moon go through from Earth, except that Earth does not always turn the same face to the Moon.
The Moon only seems to "change shape". We only see one side of the Moon from Earth. The variation in the amount of sunlight hitting that side of the Moon, as it orbits Earth, is why we see the apparent changes in shape. These changes are called "lunar phases".
The moon never actually changes shape. What we can see at night is the suns reflection from around on the other side of the earth onto the moon, which depending on its position will give us what we can see of the moon at night.
The phase of the moon you see depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces earth.
The variations in how much reflected sunlight we see as the Moon orbits Earth.
The changing appearance of the moon is due to its orbit around the Earth. As the moon moves in its orbit, the angle between the sun, Earth, and moon changes, causing different portions of the moon to be illuminated and visible from Earth. This creates the phases of the moon that we see from Earth.
The moon's changing appearance is due to its position relative to the sun and Earth. As the moon orbits Earth, the amount of sunlight that reflects off its surface changes, creating the phases we see from Earth.
as the earth moves so does the moon and where the earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits earth as the earth moves around the sun the sun projects light and it hits the moon and we can see the light from the sun reflecting off the moon
The position of the Earth, Moon, and the SunHow much of the sunlit side of the Moon faces the Earth
The variations in how much reflected sunlight we see as the Moon orbits Earth.