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Moon Shapes in the Night Sky
Age 7 · Astronomy
Sunlight shines on the Moon and lights up one side of it. We see only the lit part, so the Moon can look like a thin crescent, a half circle, or a big bright circle.
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Examples
- Looking up on different nights and seeing the Moon go from a thin sliver to a round circle
- Shining a torch on one side of a ball in a dark room so only that side glows
Key takeaways
- The Moon makes no light of its own; the Sun lights it up.
- The Moon looks like a different shape when we see more or less of its lit side.
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