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FOIWATER
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amateur question.
referring to the following link
Lunar phase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(particularly the video on the bottom right)
I understand what's going on except one thing, why don't the phases of the moon change overnight?
is it the scale of the video that is probably confusing me? It seems to me that over the course of a night you should be able to see more or less of the moon at different times.
Maybe you can, it's just that the difference is smaller than I would think because of the distance?
Thanks
referring to the following link
Lunar phase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(particularly the video on the bottom right)
I understand what's going on except one thing, why don't the phases of the moon change overnight?
is it the scale of the video that is probably confusing me? It seems to me that over the course of a night you should be able to see more or less of the moon at different times.
Maybe you can, it's just that the difference is smaller than I would think because of the distance?
Thanks