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Why does the moon surface appear to change when seen from earth even though the sun always illuminates half of the moon?
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Why does the moon surface appear to change when seen from earth even though the sun always illuminates half of the moon?

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It is because the earth is constantly spinning and rotating around the sun, and since our moon rotates around earth, the sun is reflecting light from different angles making only crescents or parts of the moon visible.
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