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Ok - you ready? The moon orbits Earth completely once every 4 weeks (a month or "moonth"). When the moon is between Earth and the sun, it's called the "new" moon and we can't see it because the sun's glare makes it impossible to see. As the moon goes around the Earth it slowly moves from right to left, or west to east. As the moon begins to move away from the sun, you can barely begin to see a thin slice of it - a crescent, which is near the sun. It sets just after the sun sets. As it moves farther east, away from the sun, we begin to see more of it - it "waxes". 1 week after the crescent, it's now a First Quarter Half Moon - it's high in the south at sunset. 1 week after that, it's a full moon and it rises in the east at sunset. The full moon is always opposite the sun and it been a total of 2 weeks, so far. After the full moon, it continues to orbit Earth and is now moving towards the sun. As it does this, it gets smaller -or "wanes". 1 week after the full moon, it's a Half Moon again, only it rises a lot later than sunset. and 1 week after that, it's moving into the sun's glare again and becomes a "New Moon" again. That's 4 weeks total - one month or "moonth" and the cycle begins again.

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