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While the Moon does indeed turn (i rotates once on its axis in exactly the same time as it takes it to orbit the Earth), this rotation does NOT change the shape of the Moon.

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Does The shape of the moon change because the earth blocks light from the sun?

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What happens to the light of the moon every 15 days?

it doesn't there is just a shadow on the moon giving the appearance that it changes. The moon does not change its shape, it is always a spheroid. It is the angles of a triangle formed by the sun, moon, and earth that change and affect which half of the moon is in sunlight and how much of that part is visible from earth. When this triangle is almost a straight line with the sun and moon on opposite sides of the earth you can see all of the lighted area and the moon is round (full moon). When they form an equilateral triangle, i.e. the sun is setting when the moon is at 60 degrees in the western sky, you see a semi-circle because only half of the side facing earth is lighted.