Which two positions show the location of the moon in its gibbous phases as seen from earth? the diagram below shows eight different positions of the moon around earth. a circle labeled earth has a bigger circle labeled sun on its right. there are eight small circles around earth. these circles are all equidistant from each other and numbered from 1 to 8 in the clockwise order, with 1 directly above, 5 directly below, 3 on the right, and 7 on the left of earth. circles 2, 4, 6, and 8 are at angles in between the others.