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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".

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