The moon reflex light from the Sun ,therefore, the angle of the two determines the fullness of the moon.
because only half of the visible moon is lite. we only see half the moon so only a quarter of the moon is lite.===================================Another take:After the New Moon . . .-- The 'first quarter' is the phase that's seen after 1/4 of the timeuntil the next New Moon has passed.-- The 'third quarter' is the phase that's seen after 3/4 of the timeuntil the next New Moon has passed.
At that time, there is still exactly half of the moon illuminated by the sun. But from our position on earth, we can only see a small part of the illuminated half.
This is when you can only see half a moon out at night.
No they only change in a full moon.
half moon
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This is the first quarter phase. The moon looks half lit, half in shadow, but you actually can only see one quarter of the moons surface at this point (during a full moon, you would only be able to see half of the moons surface - the half that faces us).
The moon is only visible because of the sun's light, which is why the moon appears to glow. When there is a half moon, only half of the moon is reflecting off the sun's light. It all has to do with the angle of the moon, the sun, and the Earth, which is why the moon has so many different phases.
Moon in berber is ayour. So the I answered only half of your question.
a new moon is when the moon is completley covered
The object that blocks the moon when there is a half moon is the moon itself. The moon is a sphere, so only one half of it can be sunlit at any moment. The other half is dark just because the sun is below the horizon for that half of the moon. And when we see a half moon, we are simply looking at the moon just as the line of sunrise/sunset cuts across the moon's diameter.
The half moon appears as a semi-circle or crescent shape in the sky. It is when only half of the moon's surface is illuminated by the sun, with the other half shadowed or in darkness.