6 phases: 1. new 2. waxing crescent3.waxing gibbous 4. full 5. waning gibbous6.waning crescent The moon repeats the cycle roughly every month (30 days).
Yes. It goes through all of them. Like Earth, the Moon rotates, meaning that you would see the Sun and the Earth rise and set if you were to stand on the surface of the moon for 28 days (one rotation...