Moon Myths: Why are there so many scary stories about the full moon?
Brains On! Science podcast for kids
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Moon Myths
The moon will travel around the planet until it's directly between Earth and the sun. Eventually, sunlight will shine on just one side of the moon so only half of its face will be lit up. This is called the new moon - you can't really see the moon at all because that big spotlight is now shining on the back of the moon's head. The moon will gradually move to be more and more in the light every night until eventually it will have circled back to the spot where it's opposite the sun and fully lit up. And then we're back to a full moon. It takes about 29 days.
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