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When the Moon is the opposite side of the Earth to the Sun.
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What phenomenon is caused when a person on earth cannot see all of the fully lighted side of the moon?
This is what causes the so-called "phases" of the moon: although fully half of the moon is lighted, we can only see part of the lighted part. A person on earth hardly ever sees all of the lighted side of the moon. When he does, he calls the sight a "full moon."
Why does the moon have to be different shapes?
The Moon has only one shape; it is round. Spherical, actually. The appearance of the Moon changes depending on where the Sun is, and how the light is shining on it. When you are able to see the whole lighted part of the Moon, it is "full", and when you can only see the dark part, the Moon is "new". But it is round all Month long.
Why can't you see a lighted moon at one stage in the lunar cycle?
One half of the moon, the side that faces the Sun, is always lighted. But we usually see only part of the lighted side (phases) as the Moon orbits the Earth. When the Moon is directly between the Earth and the Sun (a new moon) none of the lighted side, facing the Sun, is visible from Earth.
Why cant the whole moon be seen from earth?
A2. The Moon keeps one side locked towards Earth. Thus whether it were illuminated or not, we can never see the far side of the Moon.Incidentally, there is a marvellous movie of the complete Lunar cycle under Moon/Tidal effects in Wikipedia.A1. The sun casts a light on one side of the moon and the other side is a dark shadow. So if there is a half moon, for example, from earth, we can see half of the lighted side and half of the dark side, which makes it look like the moon is cut in half. Since the Earth rotates, we can see a different side every night, and that's how we can see more or less of the lighted side of the moon. For a new moon, Earth can see the whole dark side and none of the lighted side. For a full moon, Earth can see the whole lighted side and none of the dark side.
What does the moon do that cause you to see only parts of its lighted face?
the part that you don't see is covered by the clouds, therefore you can't see it.
Where does the moon gets its light from?
The Moon does not have light of its own. The light we see from the Moon is the light of the Sun reflected toward Earth.When you see the phases of the Moon, you are only seeing part of the Moon's lighted surface, because at any time exactly half of its surface is facing the Sun, and receiving light from it. With a telescope you can dimly see the part that is not lighted, because some light from Earth is likewise being reflected to the Moon.Reflected sunlight
What is it called when you only see half of the moon's lighted side?
quarter moon
When the moon grows bigger it is called?
It is called Waxing! _________________________ The Moon is always the same size. What we see increasing is the lighted part of the nearside of the Moon. When it is increasing, we call it "waxing"; when we see it decreasing, the word "waning" is used.
Why is the moon dark at one stage of the lunar cycle?
At the phase known as the "new moon" none of the illuminated half of the Moon is visible from Earth.One half of the moon, the side that faces the Sun, is always lighted. But we usually see only part of the lighted side (phases) as the Moon orbits the Earth. When the Moon is directly between the Earth and the Sun (a new moon) none of the lighted side, facing the Sun, is visible from Earth.
The amount of lighted side of the moon you can see is the same during?
All of the Moon's lighted side is visible during the full moon.
Why can you see half of the moon sometimes and be able to see the whole moon other times?
You see just that part of the moon that the sun is shinning on.
What is the moon phase when none of the lighted side can be seen?
You can not see the new moon
