The same side of the moon always faces us, regardless of the phase. When the moon is full that side is fully illuminated by the sun as the moon is approximately on the opposite side of Earth relative to the sun.
The daylight side of the moon
The daylight side of the moon
Well, the moon is a sphere, and if it is a full moon you are really only seing half of it. so technically you are seeing 50% of the moon
Full Moon...When The Side Of The Moon We See Is Fully Lit.
The Phases of the Moon are caused by the amount of lighted Moon surface that is visible from Earth. That changes in standard cycles of 29.5 days as the Moon circles the Earth and the Earth circles the Sun. Half of the Moon is always lit by the Sun, the same as all the planets and satellites. At different times of the month, different amounts of that lighted surface are visible from Earth. If the Moon is between the Sun and Earth, we see only the dark side. If the Moon has circled to the other side of the Earth, away from the sun, we see the lit side. For instance, at the time of the Crescent Moon, the whole Moon is there, but we are seeing (or not seeing) mostly the unlit side of the Moon. At that time, because of the positions of the Earth, Sun and Moon, only the edge of the lit part is visible from Earth.
The daylight side of the moon
The daylight side of the moon
The daylight side of the moon
The daylight side of the moon
The daylight side of the moon
We are only seeing a portion of the illuminated area when the phase is not a Full Moon phase.
When the entire visible side of the Moon is illuminated by the Sun, we call this a "full moon".
Well, the moon is a sphere, and if it is a full moon you are really only seing half of it. so technically you are seeing 50% of the moon
Full Moon...When The Side Of The Moon We See Is Fully Lit.
During the New moon, the lighted side of the Moon is the OTHER side, the side we never see.
Full moon occurs when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.
After the full moon, we see less and less of the sunlit side.