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What causes the phases of the moon?

A)The pull of gravity between the Moon and the Earth
B)The Earth’s shadow in the moon
C)the moon is tilted on its axis
D)the positions of the moon in its orbit as viewed from earth

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The moon phase name is shown alongside the image. The dotted line from the earth to the moon represents your line of sight when looking at the moon. ... So the basic explanation is that the lunar phases are created by changing angles (relative positions) of the earth, the moon and the sun, as the moon orbits the earth.
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