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New York State Earth Science June 2005 - Question 11 |
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Written by The Earth Science Wizard
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Saturday, 28 November 2009 06:23 |
(11) Correct answer: Option number (4)
The phases of the moon at any time are determined by the fraction of the moon’s sunlit hemisphere which one can see from the earth. Depending on the angle between the sun and moon, it gives different phases like full, crescent and dark moon.
As the sun – moon angle increases (like at the position 1) we see more of the sunlit (bright) part of the moon.
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