Question

The phases of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from Earth.

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Answer 1

The statement is true

Answer 2

The phases of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from Earth. This statement is absolutely true.

The lunar phases of the Moon phases is the directly lit portion of the moon as seen from the Earth. This lunar phases change over a regular period of synodic month because the Moon rotates around the earth in an elliptical path.

Sunlight reaches the surface of the Moon and the phase of the moon is dependent on the amount of Sunlight reaching the surface of the moon which result in seeing the part of the Moon from the Earth.