Eli5 Moon looks different in each hemisphere?

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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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The southern hemisphere is “upside down” with respect to the northern hemisphere. Imagine a person walking across a room, left to right. Then imagine yourself upside down and them walking the same path. They will be moving right to left from your point of view.

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