As the Moon orbits Earth, different parts are in sunlight or darkness at different times. The changing illumination is why, from our perspective, the Moon goes through phases. During a "full moon," the hemisphere of the Moon we can see from Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun. And a "new moon" occurs when the far side of the Moon has full sunlight, and the side facing us is having its night. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/facts/#h-orbit-and-rotation

As children tumble

Tender to death

The soul coaxed by

A gentle hand draped in

The swish of gossamer;

A baby's cradle lifted

Out the November window,

Rises a starlit path to

Our glittering Moon.

Like the breath of youth

Dreams suffocate in

The halls at dawn

But burn again at dusk.

He sees candy canes

And frolicking rabbits,

Horses with horns

And wolves with wings.

He sees towers of chocolate

And glasses of juice,

Fish with feet

And swords who speak

(his favourite is the moon of cheese.)