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1. Explain the waxing and waning phases in Venus.
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Half
Crescent
Full
Gibbous
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In order to see a full Venus, .
A Gibbous Venus is when .
When Venus is , then we would see it as a "half."
When Venus was , we would see it as a crescent.
All these conditions happen only when Venus goes around the , as in the models by Copernicus and Brahe.