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When the lighted part of the moon grows it is a "waxing moon".
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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.
Do The phases of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from Earth?
Yes. There is always (except during certain eclipses) half of the moon illuminated. However, there is no 'dark side of the moon' per se. The same part of the moon is always facing the earth, but the part that is lighted changes by the minute, just as it does on Earth.
Which is the moon phase that no ne of the lighted surface of the moon can be seen from earth?
New moon.
What is the moon phase when none of the lighted side can be seen?
You can not see the new moon
Waxing moon phase in which one half of the moons lighted side can be seen from Earth?
That's the one called "First Quarter", taking place about 7.4 days after the New Moon.
When the lighted part of the moon grows bigger it is?
waxing
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.
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 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.
