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| The changing appearances of the moon as seen from Earth. |
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| The phase of the moon when you see only half of the lighted side after a full moon. |
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| A period when the amount of the lighted side that can be seen becomes increasingly smaller. |
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| The phase that starts just after the new moon. |
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| The period after a new moon when more and more of the lighted side of the moon become visible. |
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| The phase when the lighted half of the moon is facing the sun and the dark side faces Earth. |
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| The waxing phase of the moon when you can see half of the lighted side, or one-quarter, of the moon's surface. |
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| The phase of the moon when the half of the moon's surface facing Earth is lighted |
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| The waxing period when more than one-quarter but less than half of the lighted side of the moon's surface can be seen. |
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| occurs when the moon moves directly between the sun and Earth and casts a shadow on part of Earth. |
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| occurs when Earth's shadow falls on the moon. |
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| Dark-colored relatively flat region of lava on the moon's surface |
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| occurs just before a new moon. |
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