what are phases of moon.explain in short
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The phases of the Moon are the different ways the Moon looks from Earth over about a month.
As the Moon orbits around the Earth, the half of the Moon that faces the Sun will be lit up. The different shapes of the lit portion of the Moon that can be seen from Earth are known as phases of the Moon. Each phase repeats itself every 29.5 days.
The same half of the Moon always faces the Earth, because of tidal locking. So the phases will always occur over the same half of the Moon's surface.
A phase is an angle of the moon to the earth so it appears differently every day.
on a full moon day,the earth lies in between the moon and the sun.on a new moon day,the moon is on the other side of the earth ......the size of this illuminated part goes on increasing day by day until it's full face becomes visible again on the full moon day....these appearances of moon on different days ,are known as the phases of the moon..........hope this will help uuu