There are two separate things that need to be addressed. One is the surface area of the Moon. The other is the surface area of the NEAR SIDE of the Moon.
As a sphere in space, the Moon is always 50% illuminated, except during lunar eclipses.
The phases of the Moon measure what percentage of the NEAR SIDE of the Moon is illuminated. At the new moon, none of the near side is lit up; at the full moon, 100% of the near side is illuminated.
During a full moon, the Sun is opposite to the Moon, in the sky.During a full moon, the Sun is opposite to the Moon, in the sky.During a full moon, the Sun is opposite to the Moon, in the sky.During a full moon, the Sun is opposite to the Moon, in the sky.
1st quarter moon . . . 7.38 days after New Moon Full moon . . . 14.77 days after New Moon 3rd quarter moon . . . 22.15 days after New Moon New Moon . . . 29.53 days after the previous New Moon.
full human during a new moon
The half, because the full moon is as light again.
Pretty much so, yes.In exact and precise terms, the Moon is "full" at a specific MOMENT each month, when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. (If it were EXACTLY opposite, we would have a lunar eclipse.) But in the 3 hours that it takes for the Earth to spin from "the Moon overhead of New York" to "the Moon overhead from California", the Moon doesn't move along in its orbit by more than a degree or so.So if the Moon is EXACTLY full when it is overhead New York, it will be fractionally past the full by the time the Earth spins enough so that the Moon is straight up from California. But nobody can see the difference between the "Moon at the full" and "the Moon at 3 hours past the full"; the difference is too tiny to be noticed.
No. Only half of the moon is illuminated at any one time. During a full moon, the half facing Earth is fully illuminated.
One of the phases of the moon is a full moon. This is when the whole disk of the moon is illuminated.
When the entire visible side of the Moon is illuminated by the Sun, we call this a "full moon".
Full Moon
A "gibbous" Moon has between 51% and 99% of the illuminated side of the Moon visible from Earth. Just to be precise; the Moon is always 50% illuminated. The Moon is a rocky ball, half in sunlight and half in darkness. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the same face of the Moon is always visible. From the Earth, we see "phases" of the Moon as the Moon orbits the Earth. At the new moon phase, the illuminated half of the Moon is the "far side" of the Moon; at the full, the illuminated half is the "near side".
full moon
When the side of the Moon facing Earth is fully illuminated.
Full Moon...When The Side Of The Moon We See Is Fully Lit.
When the entire face of the moon is lit, it is a full moon.
A decrease in the illuminated portion of the Moon is called waning. When the illuminated portion is increasing, it is called waxing.
The Moon is not visible at the new moon phase. At the first quarter, it is "waxing" - the illuminated portion is increasing. At the full, the illuminated portion of the Moon is 100%, and it is finished waxing and is about to begin "waning", when the illuminated part is decreasing. At the 3rd quarter, it is waning.
The whole round moon (circle) is illuminated in the sky.