Answer to Question #151023 in Astronomy | Astrophysics for Miel

Question

What is the phase of the Moon if it rises at 4:00 A.M.?

Answer 1

The Moon and planets do not emit their own light – we see them in the sky only because they reflect sunlight. Depending on the relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and a planet or the Moon, varying amounts of the surface appear illuminated. The amount of illumination is known as the phase.

The phase of the Moon if it rises at 4:00 A.M is Waxing Gibbous and Rises afternoon, meridian after sunset sets

after midnight.