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Actually, it doesn't. Exactly half of the moon is illuminated by the sun at all times, " 24/7/365 ". However, since the moon makes circles around the earth, the amount of the illuminated half that we can see changes.

If the moon is "in front" of us, in the same direction as the sun, then we're looking up at the dark half, and we see no moon.

If the moon is "behind us", in the opposite direction from the sun, then we're looking straight at the entire illuminated half.

If it's somewhere off to the side, then we see more or less of the illuminated half, and the part we see has a shape somewhere in between nothing and a full disk.

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