New Moon when the moon is the middle one.
Full Moon when the earth is the middle one.
The phases of the moon as it orbits the earth
From earth we see the same side of the moon but depending on the position of the moon, earth, sun we see different portions of the moon- these are known as the phases of the moon.
The phases are caused by the angle that the sunlight strikes the moon.
Yes.
If you are referring to lunar phases, there are two phases in which the moon is not visible to the earth. In the New Moon and Dark Moon lunar phases, the moon is not visible to those on earth. See related links for more information.
full moon
you can see the moon because the sun is not hitting the earth war the moon is hitting.
The moon orbits the Earth and as it does so we see sunlight striking the moon at different angles.
The moon orbits the earth, the only reason we can see the moon is because light is reflected off of it the moon only has phases because the earth is blocking some of the light from reaching it.
The effect is that we see the phases of the moon here on Earth. The reason for different phases is the angle and position of the sun and moon.
On Earth, someone would most likely see less then half of a moon.
Just like the Earth, half of the Moon is lit by the Sun while the other half is in darkness. The phases we see result from the angle the Moon makes with the Sun as viewed from Earth. We only see the Moon because sunlight reflects back to us from its surface.