The movement of the Moon
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You can use the idea of the Moon's movement to begin to explain why the Moon appears to change shape.
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The Moon moves around the Earth. It takes approximately 28 days for the Moon to complete its orbit of the Earth.
As the Moon orbits the Earth, the same side of the Moon is always facing us.
We see the Moon because light from the Sun shines on the Moon and this light is reflected to Earth.
The Moon appears to change shape depending on the amount we see from Earth being lit by the Sun.
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