Waxing.
Waxing. I got this correct on my test.
Waxing
The Earth blocks out some of the light from the sun going to the moon so a part of it has no light
After the new moon, the part of the moon that is visible to us grows in size as it progresses towards the full moon phase. This phase is known as the waxing phase, during which the illuminated part of the moon gradually increases in size each night.
Waxing.
Waxing. I got this correct on my test.
When the lighted part of the moon grows it is a "waxing moon".
A waxing moon has the light on the right, and is heading towards a full moon (getting bigger).A waning moon has the light on the left and is getting smaller.
It is called Waxing! _________________________ The Moon is always the same size. What we see increasing is the lighted part of the nearside of the Moon. When it is increasing, we call it "waxing"; when we see it decreasing, the word "waning" is used.
Waxing
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The Earth blocks out some of the light from the sun going to the moon so a part of it has no light
The Moon reflects PART of the light it receives from the Sun. And part of this reflected light is seen by us, here on Earth.
waxing
After the new moon, the part of the moon that is visible to us grows in size as it progresses towards the full moon phase. This phase is known as the waxing phase, during which the illuminated part of the moon gradually increases in size each night.
Yes, but it is not a "direct source" of its light. The Moon, like the Earth, is illuminated by the light of the Sun. The moonlight that we see is simply the part of the sunlight that is reflected by the lunar surface. This is easily seen by the phases of the Moon, when only part of the Moon's lighted surface is visible from Earth, and we cannot see the non-illuminated portion.During an eclipse of the Moon, the Earth is directly between the Sun and the Moon, so very little light makes it to the Moon.When there is a new moon phase, the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, so we cannot see any of the illuminated part of the Moon.