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What does the phases of the moon you see depends on?

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The phases of the moon are dependant on the relative positions of the sun, moon and earth.

It's the angle between the view-lines to the sun and the moon, with you at the vertex of the angle.

The phase of the moon you see depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces earth.

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The phase of the moon you see depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces earth.

Which was you are facing to or away from the sun.

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It's the angle between the view-lines to the sun and the moon, with you at the vertex of the angle.

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The positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun.

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