The dark circle (new moon)
A week after the new Moon, when half of the Moon's face is illuminated, it is called the First Quarter phase. During this phase, the Moon appears as a semi-circle, with the right half lit up in the Northern Hemisphere. This occurs as the Moon moves in its orbit and more of its surface becomes visible from Earth.
During a full moon, the side of the moon facing Earth is fully illuminated by the sun, making it appear as a complete circle from our perspective. The side not facing Earth is in shadow, causing us to only see the illuminated side during a full moon.
The answer is yes. We always see the same side of the moon from the Earth because the time it takes the moon to circle the Sun is the same as the time it takes to circle itself.
After a full moon as we see less and less it's called a waning moon
The dark circle (new moon)
Are you posable talking about a Full Moon?
During a full moon, the side of the moon facing Earth is fully illuminated by the sun, making it appear as a complete circle from our perspective. The side not facing Earth is in shadow, causing us to only see the illuminated side during a full moon.
a circle, and you can sometimes see craters
it is just the light from the moon shining on the clouds. you don't see it if it is a cloudless night.It is called the halo and caused by ice particles or water droplets in the atmosphere.
Both the moon and the earth rotate, roughly at the same speed , so man on earth will only see the one side of the moon. It is called "geosynchronous orbit". It isn't a perfect lock, though. Because of a movement of the moon called "libration", we can actually see about 59% of the moons surface over every four week period. But never more than that - from earth.
Earth's moon ... the one you see in the sky from your backyard ... does not circle Mars.The distance from earth to our moon is less than 1/2 percent of the closest possible distance from earth to Mars.
After a full moon as we see less and less it's called a waning moon
The answer is yes. We always see the same side of the moon from the Earth because the time it takes the moon to circle the Sun is the same as the time it takes to circle itself.
You can see all three of these. The phase of the moon when it is not visible is called new moon.
The moon is basically black, but occasionally you can see a dark gray circle against the black sky.
When you can't see the moon at all in the sky, it is called a new moon. This occurs when the moon is positioned between the Earth and the Sun, making the side of the moon that is illuminated face away from the Earth.