#6 – Unlit portion of the moon's surface is in the Earth's shadow
via www.planetsforkids.org complain
As on Earth, there is day and night on the Moon. Phases of the moon occur because the moon revolves around the Earth and is shown to us from the different angles, and the sun illuminates the surface, building the border between day and night.
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