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The moon reflects sunlight and it orbits out planet, Earth, so we see the reflected sunlight at different angles on the moon, causing the appearance of the moon to change.

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Why does the moon seem to change shape from week to week?

well, the moon and sun block it


Why does the moon seem to change its shape every night?

because of the sun the moon changes shapes.


Does the moon seem to change shape because it is cloudy?

not exactly.its our vision that makes the moon change shape actually its not happening. on cloudy days it happens like MAGIC!!


Why the moons shape seem to be change?

Thw moon doesn't change shape. It is an optical illusion caused by the moon's orbit around us and the way sunlight hits it. Since we can't see the "dark side" of the moon or the "far side" of the moon when it is full, it looks like the moon is changing shape.


Why does the moon seem to change shape from night to night?

What changes is the part of the Moon that is illuminated. We see the illuminated part of the Moon better than the dark part.


How does moon's shape and position change over time?

The moon's shape would change with the impact of meteor's, changing the moon's landscape.


What causes the moon Moon to seem to change shape?

The moon looks like it changes shape because as it orbits the Earth and we only see one side of the moon, sunlight hits the part of the moon that we see at different angles - therefore making the moon "change shape". We also can only see the sunlit side of the moon from Earth and that is also another factor to the moon's apparent shape.


Does the moon really change its shape?

No, the moon does not change shape.When the moon seems to change shape to us, what we are actually seeing are the different phases of the moon. The phases are caused by the rotation of the earth, sun, and moon. As these bodies rotate they throw different portions of the moon into sunlight and shadow.The portions of the moon which are in shadow seem to disappear because we can't see them, but they are still there.That said, there is a minute distortion of the moon's shape due to "tidal" effects on it's solid shape due to the sun, but this change is so minute that we could never see it.See the Sources and related links section, below, for more information.


Can the moon change shape?

The moon does not actually change shape, but its appearance from Earth does. This is due to its orbit around the Earth, which causes different portions of the moon to be illuminated by the sun at different times.


When does the moon change shape?

The moon supposedly "changes shape" all the time, as the moon is constantly orbiting the Earth however the moon doesn't actually change shape, it is the amount of the sunlit side of the Earth that we see changing.


Does the moon change shape at night?

The moon never changes shape only the light you can see.


Does t moon really change its shape?

of course, cheese can be in any shape you'd like