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Because those are the eight points and shapes, during the constantly changing

appearance of the moon, to which we have given names. If you watch the edge

of the bright portion of the moon for a while through a small telescope, you'll see

that it's moving continuously, and so the actual apparent shape of the moon is

changing continuously ... literally minute to minute.

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