With 3 sentences Explain how the moon is illuminated

Question

Make it look like a 8th grader wrote it
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Answer 1

The moon gets its light from the Sun, which shines on it and reflects that light back to Earth. When we see the moon at night, we're actually seeing this reflected sunlight. Depending on where the moon is in its orbit, we see different parts of it lit up, which is why it looks like it changes shape.