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During the moon's crescent phases, the earth is at the vertex of an

acute angle formed with the sun and moon.

Another way to look at it is that during the crescent phases, the moon is

always less than 90° away from the sun in our sky. Also, it rises and sets

within 6 hours of the sun.

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