The phases of the moon are a consequence of its motion around Earth in relation to the geometry assumed with respect to the sun. To better understand how it works, let us, first of all ...
There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the ... Moon is facing away from Earth so we cannot see it at all – this is a new Moon. Image caption, As the Moon moves around Earth, we ...
Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...