What happens from a new moon to a full moon?

Answer 1

-- The illuminated portion of the moon appears to get bigger each night.

-- Taking a look at the sky each day at sunset, the moon moves from the

western horizon to the eastern horizon during that period.

-- The time of moonrise moves from roughly the same as sunrise to roughly

the time of sunset during that period.

-- Astronomically, the moon moves through half of its orbit during that period,

from a place on the same side of Earth as the sun is, to a place around the 'back'

of the Earth, opposite the sun.