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That's called the "Third Quarter" phase. It occurs

about 22 days after the New Moon.

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When the amount of the lighted surface of the moon that is visible from earth is decreasing?

This phase is called a waning moon and occurs as the moon transitions from a full moon to a new moon. The decrease is a result of the changing position of the moon in relation to the sun and Earth.


What phase is the moon in when less and less of the side facing the earth is lighted?

The moon is in its waning phase when less and less of the side facing the earth is lighted. This phase occurs after the full moon and leads up to the new moon when the side facing the earth is completely dark.


What waning moon phase in which one half of the lighted surface of the moon can be seen from earth?

That would be Third Quarter.


When the lighted portion of the moon visible from the earth is decreasing each evening what is it called?

The decreasing of the illuminated face of the Moon (full to new) is called "waning." (The opposite, increased illuminated area, is called waxing.)


Moon phase when none of the lighted can be seen?

The moon phase when none of the lighted portion can be seen from Earth is called a new moon. During this phase, the moon is positioned between the Earth and the Sun, so the side of the moon facing Earth is not illuminated.


Waning and waxing are also called?

Waxing is to get bigger and waning is to get smaller.


What is the period when the amount of the lighted side that can be seen becomes smaller?

This period is known as the waning phase of the moon. During this phase, the illuminated portion of the moon visible from Earth decreases in size as it transitions from a full moon to a new moon.


When does the waning phase occur?

"Waning" means that less and less of the moon's lighted side is visible from Earth as time goes on. That's what's happening during the entire two weeks from Full Moon until the next New Moon.


When the lighted side of the faces away from earth it is called a?

new moon


When the lighted side of the moon faces away from earth it is called a?

new moon


What is it called when the sunlit fraction of the moon that you can see from earth is getting smaller?

It is the waning phase.


What part of earth is covered in water onefourth onehalf or threefourths?

Three-fourths, or 3/4.