Question

What do you understand by phases of the moon?Explain the different phases of the moon?

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

Waning Crescent: In the Northern Hemisphere,we see the waning crescent phase as a thin crescent of light on the left. The Moon displays these eightphases one after the other as it moves through its cycle each month. It takes 27 days for the Moon to orbit Earth. Thatmeans the Moon's cycle is 27 days long.