Eli5 Moon looks different in each hemisphere?

Question

I live in Australia and when the moon isn’t full it always appears to fill up from the bottom up. So a new moon looks like a croissant with the curved side facing down. But on northern hemisphere flags like Turkey for example it appears as a croissant standing up with the curve facing left. Does the moon appear to wax and wane from top to bottom or left to right in different parts of the world?

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Answer 1

– Look at a crescent moon illustration

– You are at the equator

– tilt your head to the left — this is you traversing to the northern latitudes (same longitude)

– tilt your head to the right. This is moving south.

– note how the crescent moves differently