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MWP 4 Kids: Why the Moon Changes Shape

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The moon seems to change from a full glowing circle to a slim crescent sliver, but it never actually loses its shape. Using a bright lamp and a simple round orange, a calm bedtime demonstration reveals how sunlight always illuminates exactly half of the lunar sphere. As the moon completes its twenty-nine-day orbit around Earth, varying angles show different amounts of that illuminated face,…