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The Moon in Motion

The Moon changes appearance in monthly . The of the lighted part is known as the phase of the Moon. During a(n) Moon, you can’t see any of the Moon’s sunlit half. More of the Moon becomes visible as the Moon Earth. During a First Quarter Moon, the right of the Moon is visible. The Second Quarter is called the Moon. During this phase, all of the Moon’s sunlit half is . In the Waxing , the phase that is visible is more than New Moon but less than First Quarter. To wax means to larger. In the Waxing Moon, the phase that is visible is more than First Quarter but less than Second Quarter.