8 pts) Why does the amount of the moon that is lit up change from night to night

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8 pts) Why does the amount of the moon that is lit up change from night to night? 2 (8 pts) Explain why the position of the moon in the sky changes over the course 3 (8 pts) Explain why the position of the moon in the sky changes from night to 4 (8 pts) Why must your observations be made at the same time every day for this 5 (8 pts) Why couldn't we continue this project in the same way for a full lunar 6 (+8 pts or-40 pts) When the moon is in the first quarter phase, half of it is lit up of a single night, why it is in a different position in the sky at 11:00 than it was as 9:00. night, so that at 9:00 tomorrow it will be at a different position in the sky than it was at 9:00 today. project to work? cycle? and half is in shadow. What object casts this shadow? In other words, what object blocks the light, leaving half of the moon in shadow? Carefully explain your answer. (Warning: If you give an answer that is VERY wrong, I will take off up to 40 points.)

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1) the amount of moon that is lit up changes from night to night because when the moon is between earth and the sun the little side is hidden from us. And when it moves around earth , more and more of the lit side comes into view. During the crescent phases the percent illuminated is between 0%-50% and during gibbons phases it is between 50%-100%

2)position of the moon in the sky changes over a course of single night because the inclination of the moon at any location varies throughout the night. For examale from the UK the terminator in a half moon is sloping from top left to bottom right early in the evening but later on as the moon is setting it is sloping from top right to bottom left.

3)position of the moon in the sky changes night to night because it depends what time of day you are looking at the moon. It changes positi n because the earth is spinning. It takes 24 hours for the earth to spin once around which means that from our point of view it looks like sky and everything in it Is moving around us once per 24 hours.

4)yes our observation can be made at day time this is because there is a misconception that the moon is only seen at night. Quite the contrary the moon is visible most days of the month . It' just more likely to be close to full therefore more noticeable when it's out at night.

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