Full moon
Full moon
Full moon
Full Moon
The moon phase when you can see the entire moon illuminated in the night sky is called a full moon. It occurs when the Earth is positioned between the sun and the moon, causing the entire face of the moon to be lit by sunlight.
No. When you see the whole sun-lit side, you call it a "Full Moon".
That is called the New Moon. The moon is between the Earth and the Sun. The sun is so bright, it makes the moon impossible to see, and, of course it's lit side is facing the sun.
In a gibbous moon phase, most of the moon that we see is lit.
When we see a sliver of the moon lit on the right side, it is called a "waxing crescent." This phase occurs after the new moon as the illuminated portion of the moon increases. The waxing crescent is visible in the western sky shortly after sunset.
You will see most of the moon's surface during the full moon phase when the entire illuminated side of the moon is facing Earth.
In about 28 days, you would see a new moon phase after observing a waning crescent phase. The new moon occurs when the moon is positioned between the Earth and the Sun, with the side of the moon lit that faces away from Earth.
At the time of the new moon, the side of the moon we see is unlit.Of course, the other half, the side away from us, is lit by the sun. We just can't see it.
That is the new moon phase.