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What is it called when the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting smaller?
The moon is said to be waning, when the lighted part gets smaller. When it gets larger, the moon is waxing.
When the light part of the moon grows bigger it is?
it is called waxing. when the lighted part of moon starts growing bigger till it becomes from a new moon to a full moon it is called waxing.
When the lighted part of the moon grows bigger it is?
waxing
When the lighted part of the moon grows bigger it is colled?
Waxing. I got this correct on my test.
Why can't you see a lighted moon at one stage in the lunar cycle?
One half of the moon, the side that faces the Sun, is always lighted. But we usually see only part of the lighted side (phases) as the Moon orbits the Earth. When the Moon is directly between the Earth and the Sun (a new moon) none of the lighted side, facing the Sun, is visible from Earth.
WHAT Shape of the lighted part of the moon is called?
Crescent
What is the shape of the lighted part of the moon at any given point?
Albedo
What is it called when the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting smaller?
The moon is said to be waning, when the lighted part gets smaller. When it gets larger, the moon is waxing.
When the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting larger it is called?
It is called a waxing moon.
What is it called when the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting larger?
It is called a waxing moon.
When the lighted part of the moon faces in the direction of the sun the moon is called what?
a full moon
When the lighted part of the moon grows it is a?
When the lighted part of the moon grows it is a "waxing moon".
What phenomenon is caused when a person on earth cannot see all of the fully lighted side of the moon?
This is what causes the so-called "phases" of the moon: although fully half of the moon is lighted, we can only see part of the lighted part. A person on earth hardly ever sees all of the lighted side of the moon. When he does, he calls the sight a "full moon."
When the light part of the moon grows bigger it is?
it is called waxing. when the lighted part of moon starts growing bigger till it becomes from a new moon to a full moon it is called waxing.
Is the phase of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from earth?
Not exactly. The lighted side of the moon as seen from Earth is that part that is not shadowed by the Earth.
When the lighted part of the moon grows bigger it is?
waxing
When do you see the whole lighted part of the moon?
When the Moon is the opposite side of the Earth to the Sun.
