All sides are lit up. Only one side at a time. There is a term called the dark side of the moon. This term relates to the fact that the moon doesnt spin on its axis like the earth does and one side faces the earth all of the time. The dark side refers not to the abscence of light but radio waves. During the Apollo missions to the moon, as a spacecraft went behind the moon (in relation to the earth) It went into whats called a radio blackout. It was called the dark side because up until the first spacecraft orbited the moon, it had never been seen by man before.
B: The Phases of the Moon.
Cause they said that there was no moon that night. I don't really get how there was no moon but its told that there was no moon that night
Light is reflecting off half the surface of the Moon at any one time. How much of that illuminated surface we see depends on the angle between Sun, Moon and Earth. So, it can look like it's gotten smaller when in fact you just can't see part of the lit hemisphere because it's out of sight. When you can see all the lit hemisphere it's the round "full Moon".
That depends on what phase the moon is in. Waxing, it would be the left. Waning, it would be the right. Full would be all of it. New would be none of it. All of this, of course, depends on where you are vs where the sun and moon are. Sometimes, the bottom of the moon may appear to be lit.
You can see the moon when it is not full. The sun lights up part of the moon, but if you look carefully when the moon is not full, you can see the darker parts. This is easier when only a small part of the moon appears to be lit, as a brighter moon glares out the darker part making it harder to see.
About half of the moon is always lit by the sun. This is because only one half of the moon is visible from Earth at any given time. The amount of light that can be seen from Earth reflects different phases of the moon as it orbits.
The amount of the moon that is always lit except during a lunar eclipse is about half. This is because half of the moon is always illuminated by the sun due to the moon's orbit around the Earth.
Half of the moon is always lit by the sun, unless the sun is eclipsed by the Earth. The portion of the illuminated moon viewed from Earth depends on the moon's orbit. As the moon orbits, different portions of shadow and illumination are seen from Earth, creating the moon's phases.
One hemisphere is always lit except when the moon is occulted by the earth.
Half of the moon is always lit by the Sun, but we may not always see that illuminated half from Earth due to our perspective. This is why we observe different phases of the moon as it orbits around Earth.
When the entire face of the moon is lit, it is a full moon.
Half of the moon is always lit. Due to it's position in relation to the sun and the earth, we see a different moon every night.
The side of the moon facing the sun is always lit up, while the opposite side remains in darkness. This phenomenon is due to the moon's synchronous rotation, which results in one side always facing the sun.
Unless there is a lunar eclipse, half of the moon is always lit by the sun. Sometimes we see the lit half dead on (full moon), sometimes side on (half moon) and sometimes we don't see any of the lit surface (new moon) - usually we see something in between.
Yes, half of the moon is always lit because it faces the sun.
3/4 of the moon
The moon is ALWAYS 50% (+/-) illuminated. Though we only see all of the half lit side when the moon is opposite the sun (Full Moon).