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2007-03-08 05:17:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
it doesn't change shape. It seems to because of the amount of the surface is in sun light
2007-03-08 05:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by discostu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really wish we knew how old some of these questioners are.
If you are 5, I can live with you not realising that the moon does not actually change shape.
If you are a lot older than that, I really am concerned about the state of the nation.
After that, let me be more constructive.
Find out when new moon is. Then about three days later if the weather is clear, get somebody to take you out to a very dark place away from city lights, just after dark. Let your eyes get accostomed to the dark. Look at the moon, and you will see a very thin crescent, but as your eyes get accostomed to the dark, you should be able to see the part of the moon not lit by the sun
This is Earthshine. It is sunlight reflected back from the earth to the moon.
It is so sad that most people these days never get to see this, yet from a dark place, several days a month, Earthshine on the moon has been visible to humans as long as we have been here.
2007-03-08 13:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon changes shape because of the way the sun hits it... so it doesn't actually change shape it just looks like it b/c the sun hides different parts...
Make sense?
2007-03-08 13:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by Ash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon stays round. What you see is the light that shines on it from the sun.
2007-03-08 13:21:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't its an optical illusion. Why don't you type this into a search engine: MOON PHASES
2007-03-08 13:23:11 · answer #5 · answered by dtwladyhawk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesnt.
2007-03-09 03:56:28 · answer #6 · answered by Doctor Robotnik 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋