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What is a half moon?

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because the part of the earth that is having 'daytime' is blocking the sun from the moon. since the moon revolves around it can get a little bit of sun. What you see of the moon is how much sun light is hitting the moon.

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"Half Moon" is when we see half of the Moon's hemisphere that faces Earth lit by the Sun.

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A half moon only appears as a half moon from the Earth. Half moons are caused by the Earth blocking light from reflecting off of the moon.

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The phases of the moon are caused by the shadow of th earth. The half moon occurs midway through the lunar cycle when the earth casts its shadow on one-half of the moon.

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If it's the right half it's first quarter, and if it's the left it's third quarter.

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bcause the half moon is half and the full moon is full

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