What we see at night:

 Full Moon  Quarter Moon  Crescent Moon

 Also like the Earth, half of the moon is completely dark.  The moon does not really change, it travels around the Earth.  The different faces that we see are really different sides of the moon.

 When the Earth is in between the moon and the sun, we see the whole part of the moon which is lit up by the sun.  This is called a full moon.

 When the moon is above or below the Earth, we can only see half of the lit area of the moon.  This is called a quarter moon.

 When the moon is in between the new moon and the half moon, we are only able to see a little sliver of the lighted side of the moon.  This is called a crescent moon.

 When the moon is in between the sun and the Earth, we cannot see the moon. This part of the moon is in the shade.  This is called a new moon.

 Chamychel  Demorron  Leah  Reginald