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Science Understanding / Earth and space sciences. Predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons and eclipses, are caused by the relative positions of the sun, Earth and the moon (ACSSU115). - investigating natural phenomena such as lunar and solar eclipses, seasons and phases of the moon.
Answer: Many people grow up with the idea that the phases of the moon are caused by the shadow of the earth. The earth does cast a shadow (as does any object in sunlight), but the moon usually passes above or below it. When the moon does pass through the earth's shadow, it is called a lunar eclipse (see illustration at right). When the moon passes into the shadow of the earth, it can at first glance mimic some of the phases, but the effect is in fact very different.