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This is referred to as ''waxing''.
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When less than half of the moon is lit?
It is called a crescent, and if it is growing, it's called a waxing crescent, otherwise, it's a waning crescent. So, when less than half is facing the earth, it is called a Waning Cresent
Does the moon go through phases because of the Earth's shadow on the moon?
NO. That's a misconception. Only the half of the Moon that is facing the Sun at any particular time is sunlit. We see varying amounts of that hemisphere as the Moon orbits Earth. That is the cause of the Moon's phases.
As the moon moves around the earth what does an observer on earth see?
He sees the phases of the moon. A varying amount of the sunlit surface is visible as the moon goes through its phases, having increased or decreased illumination with a curved boundary.
Why isn't earthshine apparent during the gibbous lunar phases?
The sunlit side of the moon drowns out the Earthshine from the "dark side" of the moon and the gibbous moon is mainly above the horizon during the nighttime hours, so Earthshine is almost never seen on a gibbous moon.
What did Galileo call the dark flat parts of the moon?
He thought they were seas. He called them maria (Latin for sea). Today scientists still call the dark, flat parts maria. Marias were formed when magma flowed through the surface of the moon. The magma cooled and became flat and dark.
What is it called when the sunlit fraction of the moon that we can see from earth is getting larger?
It is the waxing phase of the moon.
After the full moon we see less and less of the sunlit side this is called?
After a full moon as we see less and less it's called a waning moon
What is it called when the sunlit fraction of the moon that you can see from earth is getting smaller?
It is the waning phase.
What is it called when the sunlit fraction of the moon that we can see from earth gets larger?
It is the waxing phase.
After the full moon you see less and less of the sunlit side?
After the full moon, we see less and less of the sunlit side.
How the moon appearances changes during the month?
When the moon is bright, the sunlit part of the moon that we can see is getting larger. When the moon is dark the sunlit part of the moon that we see is getting smaller.
When the moon does when the sunlit fraction is getting smaller?
The moon wanes.
Do the people on earth only see the sunlit side of the moon?
We see things mainly by the sunlight reflecting off it, although we also use artificial light. The moon is simply one of the things we see by reflected sunlight and sunlight can only be reflected from the parts which are sunlit.
What is it called when the moon appears to be growing?
It's usually said that the moon is 'waxing' when it appears to grow in size.
The line which separates the Moon's brightly sunlit portion from the rest of the disk?
The Terminator is the line which separates a planet or moon's brightly sunlit portion from the portion in shadow.
When is the moon considered new?
when the moon is considered new, the sunlit side of the moon is not visable to the earth
What does the moon do when the sunlit fraction is getting smaller?
The sunlit fraction of the Moon never changes ... it's always 50% .What changes is how much of that 50% we can see from Earth.The Moon is not doing anything special while that happens.
