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The moons unilluminated side is facing the earth. The moon is not visible, this is called a ?
The Moon appears to be partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight this is called a
One half of the moon is lit up by the sun at this point this is called a
At this time half of the moon is lit up this is a
The moon is illuminated side is facing the earth the moon appears to be completely illuminated by direct sunlight this is a
The moon appears to be more then one-half but hot fully illuminated by direct sunlight the fraction of the moons disk that is illuminated is decreasing this is a
One-half of the moon appears to be illuminated by direct sunlight the fraction of the moons disk that is illuminated is decreasing this is a
The moon appears to be partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight the fraction of the moon disk that is illuminated is decreasing
New Moon Phase is aligned at
The Waxing Crescent phase placement is set at a
The first Quarter phase is at
The waxing Gibbous is at a
The full moon is at a
The waning Gibbous is at a
The third Quarter is at a
The waning crescent is at a
The New Moon can
The lit side of the Waxing Crescent looks like
We see half of the first Quarter is
How many moon phases are there

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