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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In the northern hemisphere it’s officially right to left and in the southern hemisphere officially left to right. The moon can tilt which will affect the exactness of this. But in general, that’s it.
Now, imagine you and your friend are on opposite sides of a field, looking at a ball. You’re at the south end, and your friend is at the north end. It’s morning so the sun is in the east. You are looking north, so from your perspective the light on the ball is coming from your right, the east. Your friend is looking south, so the light is coming from their left, also the east.
Now, the ball is the moon and the equator is the dividing line. The sun is the sun.
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