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Why do moon phases occur?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The moon reflects the light of the sun.
As the moon revolves around the earth its relative position between the earth and the sun changes, so light is reflected from different portions of the moon. This is what causes the phases.

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