Waxing moon with earthshine. View of the moon over the Earth at dawn. This 1-day-old waxing (increasing in apparent size) moon has a crescent sliver o

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Waxing moon with earthshine. View of the moon over the Earth at dawn. This 1-day-old waxing (increasing in apparent size) moon has a crescent sliver of sunlight highlighting its underside. The rest of the surface is faintly lit by light reflected from the Earth, a phenomenon known as earthshine. The moon here is in its first day of a 28-day cycle.

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Photo credit: © DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 1, 1-day-, astronomical, astronomy, atmosphere, crescent, dawn, day, earth, earthshine, horizon, landscape, light, lit, lunar, moon, morning, phenomenon, planetary, reflected, reflecting, rise, science, shine, sky, space, sun, sunrise, waxing