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How are we able to see the different phases of the moon?

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The phases occur because the Sun lights different parts of the Moon as the Moon revolves around the Earth. That means the reason we see different phases of the Moon here on Earth is that we only see the parts of the Moon that are being lit up by the Sun.


That’s copy and pasted that from the internet so I’d rephrase it if I were you :) goodluck
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