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the moon

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Wane   to decrease periodically in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon  
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Waxing   Has the phases called Waxing Crescent and Waxing Gibbous  
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what causes the moon to shine   the reflection of the sun  
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How many days does it take the moon to go through an entire set of phases   29.5  
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New Moon   The crescent moon  
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Waxing Crescent   opposite of waning crescent  
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first Quarter   The phase of the moon when it is near east quadrature, when the western half of it is visible to an observer on the earth  
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Waxing Gibbous   The phase of the Moon during which more than half, but less than all, the visible hemisphere of the Moon is illuminated by sunlight.  
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Full Moon   The moon when it is visible as a fully illuminated disk  
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Waning Gibbous   Cyclically recurring appearances of the Moon due to differing amounts of sunlight reflected by the Moon toward Earth during the Moon's orbit  
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Third quarter   The third phase of the moon in which the moon rises at midnight and goes down at noon. You can see it better if you actually wait till morning  
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Waning Crescent   Cyclically recurring appearances of the Moon due to differing amounts of sunlight reflected by the Moon toward Earth during the Moon's orbit  
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