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The waxing and waning of the moon, or "moon phases".

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What are the shapes the moon seems to be called?

These shapes of the moon are called Phases


Why does the moon seems to change shapes?

Those are the different shapes of the lit portion of the Moon that can be seen from Earth


How and why the moon change it shapes?

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".


What is one of the shapes the moon seems to have?

full moon, crescent


What is c shapes moon called?

a phase


The moon is aligned with the sun and earth earth being in the middlethe entire side of the moon facing earth is bright and visible what is that called?

The different shapes of a moon you see from earth is calledthe different shapes of a moon is called a phases


What do you call the changing shapes of the moon?

The changing shapes of the moon are called lunar phases. These phases are caused by the relative positions of the sun, Earth, and moon, resulting in different portions of the moon being illuminated as seen from Earth.


Why does the moon seem to change its shape every night?

because of the sun the moon changes shapes.


What are the different shapes of the moon seem from earth called?

The Moon's Phases (or Lunar Phases).


What The different shapes of the moon are called?

The different shapes of the moon: Waxing cresent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbbous, Full Moon, Third Quarter, and Waxing Cresent. There are 7 different shapes of the moon, that you might sometimes see at night!


What are the difference shapes of the moon called?

The different shapes of the moon: Waxing cresent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbbous, Full Moon, Third Quarter, and Waxing Cresent. There are 7 different shapes of the moon, that you might sometimes see at night!


What is called when changing shapes of the moon?

That is the lunar cycle, or the phases.