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Look at this picture.

full moon new moon

Earth
Sun

The picture shows why the Moon looks like different shapes.

The Moon cannot make light itself. We see it because light

from the Sun hits it and comes off it. The Sun only puts its light
on one half of the Moon. When the Moon moves around the

Earth, sometimes we see more and sometimes less of this

side of the Moon.

The different shapes of the Moon are called the phases of the

Moon. Each phase has its own name. This picture shows the

phases of the Moon.

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