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When the lighted part of the moon grows bigger it is colled?
Waxing. I got this correct on my test.
When the light part of the moon grows bigger it is?
it is called waxing. when the lighted part of moon starts growing bigger till it becomes from a new moon to a full moon it is called waxing.
What is it called when the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting smaller?
The moon is said to be waning, when the lighted part gets smaller. When it gets larger, the moon is waxing.
What is the shape of the lighted part of the moon called?
Crescent
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.
When the lighted part of the moon grows it is a?
When the lighted part of the moon grows it is a "waxing moon".
When the lighted part of the moon grows bigger it is colled?
Waxing. I got this correct on my test.
When the light part of the moon grows bigger it is?
it is called waxing. when the lighted part of moon starts growing bigger till it becomes from a new moon to a full moon it is called waxing.
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.
What is it called when the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting smaller?
The moon is said to be waning, when the lighted part gets smaller. When it gets larger, the moon is waxing.
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."
When the lighted part of the moon faces in the direction of the sun the moon is called what?
a full moon
When the moon is waxing its lighted part appears to?
The West.
WHAT Shape of the lighted part of the moon is called?
Crescent
Is the phase of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from earth?
Not exactly. The lighted side of the moon as seen from Earth is that part that is not shadowed by the Earth.
What is the shape of the lighted part of the moon called?
Crescent
When do you see the whole lighted part of the moon?
When the Moon is the opposite side of the Earth to the Sun.
