When I was little, I wondered why the moon would fill up and then empty.
And when it was full, what stuff was it full of.
“It’s just how it appears,” said my mother. “The moon is full and solid, it’s just that the shadow of the earth makes it look like parts cut out from it.
Only when I moved South did I realize the angle of the shadow was different in different locations.
At first, it seemed a bit off, but after a while, I got used to it tipped like that.
Unless it was full, of course.