My+Moon

=The phases of the moon occur when as the moon circles the Earth, the shape of the moon appears to change; this is because different amounts of the illuminated part of the moon are facing us. The shape varies from a full moon to a new moon when the moon is between the sun and the Earth.= =The new moon is the phase of the moon when the moon is not visible from Earth, because the side of the moon that is facing us is not being lit by the sun. Waxing is when more than half of the moon appears lighted and with each progressive day the moon lighted more until it is a full moon.= =The full moon occurs two weeks after the new moon. After the full moon occurs the moon rises the same time the sun rises and sets at the same time. After the full moon, the moon begins waning (getting smaller) until it becomes a new moon again.= = =

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