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50% of the moon is always illuminated by the sun (although which 50% it is keeps changing as the moon rotates). New Moon occurs when we look directly at the entire dark half of the moon. Full Moon occurs when we look directly at the entire lighted half of the moon. Of course, we can't travel around the moon to look at different parts of it, so the moon obligingly moves around US, once every 27.32 days.

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