YOGYAKARTA The moon phase is a change in the visual shape of the moon that can be seen from the Sun. The moon phase occurs because of natural and natural natural phenomena. The moon undergoes several phases. This article will discuss how many phases of the moon tang can occur.

Reporting from the official NASA Space Place website, the number of lunar phases that can occur in a family manner is 8 times. The following are the names and understandings of each phase of the moon that occur naturally.

When this phase occurs, the Moon cannot be seen because it does not reflect light from the Sun. When the new moon occurs, the Moon will look dark and does not even appear to be detected with the naked eye. The New moon occurs on the first day of the Moon's 0 degree position.

When the waxingcrescent phase occurs, the Moon will appear to resemble a lit sickle. This happens because the Moon reflects the sun's rays but only partially. The phase of the young sickle usually occurs when the Moon is at its side of 45 degrees.

In this phase, the Moon will also reflect some of the sun's light on earth. Humans will see the moon in this phase in the form of a semicircle. The first quarter phase occurs on the 8th day on the time of the moon 90 degrees in position.

When entering this phase, you will see a bright part of the Moon or that reflects the light of the Sun is half the surface. In fact, light will continue to grow every night.

In the full moon phase, the Moon will be fully visible because it reflects the Sun's light completely. This phase occurs on the 14th day when its position is 180 degrees at once opposite to Earth.

After full moon, the next phase is waning gibbous. When this phase is part of the moon that looks bright, the portion is more than half. It's just that the reflected rays will continue to decrease every night.

In this phase, the Moon will look half-like. It's just that the part of the Moon that reflects the light is different from the part that reflects during the first quarter phase. This month's phase occurs on the 21st day when its position is at 270 degrees.

This last phase of the Moon will make the Earth satellite look very small. After this is passed, the Moon will return to the new moon phase.

The reason why the Moon has different phases is because of the displacement of position. As is known, the Moon takes about 27.3 days to orbit the Earth. When that orbit occurs, the bright part of the Moon will continue to change every night.

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