A crescent? Or a half moon,full moon,new moon, crescent moon
Circle, semi-circle, cresent
the moon appears to change shapes because you only see the part of it that reflects sunlight THAT YOU CAN SEE. so of the 1/2 of the moon that is illuminated, you only see part of it, the part changing as the moon orbits the earth.
a phase
The direction is is lit from. When the Moon is lit (by the Sun) from straight on it appears full, when it is lit from behind it appears new, and when it is lit from the side it looks like a semi-circle.
the moon can have up to 8 different shapes so there are different kinds of shapes and you rarely see a full moon
The phases of the moon.
Circle, semi-circle, cresent
the moon appears to change shapes because you only see the part of it that reflects sunlight THAT YOU CAN SEE. so of the 1/2 of the moon that is illuminated, you only see part of it, the part changing as the moon orbits the earth.
a phase
The direction is is lit from. When the Moon is lit (by the Sun) from straight on it appears full, when it is lit from behind it appears new, and when it is lit from the side it looks like a semi-circle.
the moon can have up to 8 different shapes so there are different kinds of shapes and you rarely see a full moon
because it spins on its axis every month (roughly every 28 days)
These shapes of the moon are called Phases
there are different shapes of the moon because its when the sun reflects on it on a way that's why the moon changes shape
it is to do with the positionin of the sun n moon and when there are different shapes the moon has blocked out some of the sunlight which causes there 2 be different shapes hope that helps JB
When the moon appears completely dark it is called a new moon.
When the moon appears to be decreasing in size, it is called waning. When the moon appears to be increasing in size, it is called waxing.