What is created after the new Moon and full Moon phases?

Answer 1

What happens in the middle is the crescent moon. At New Moon, the moon is as close as it can be to being between the earth and the sun; when this creates a straight line, we observe a solar eclipse. There is no sunlight reflecting directly off the moon's surface to earth, but we may sometimes see some earthlight reflecting back from the moon's surface. The moon continues from east to west in its orbit around the earth, until it is as close as it can be to having the earth between it and the sun; when this creates a straight line, we observe a lunar eclipse. This is the Full Moon.

Answer 2

Half of the moon is always lit by the sun, while half is in shadow. When you see a full moon you see the lit part, while you see the part in shadow during a new moon. As the moon orbits earth over the course of the month you see varying amounts of the half in shadow and the lit half.

Answer 3

After the new moon, there is a cresent moon. The cresent will gets larger, and 7 days after the new moon, there will be a half moon. From there, you get a gibbous moon, where more than half the moon's surface facing the Earth is illuminated.

This continues until seven days after the half moon, at which point you have the full moon. At this point, it reverses, with less and less of the visible area of the moon illuminated, until the new moon comes around again.

Answer 4

The new moon is part of the moon phase cycle. During a new moon, the moon passes between the sun and the Earth and is invisible.

Answer 5

If the alignment is good enough, the Moon will get into Earth's shadow and you'll see a lunar eclipse.

Answer 6

waxing gibbous

Answer 7

Spring tide