It’s A liquid to a solid because if it’s a liquid they can move but not much and then it becomes a solid because they are packed closely together and are fixed in one position.
In several of the questions you've posted during the past day, we've already said that a wave with larger amplitude carries more energy. That idea is easy to apply to this question.
Your teacher is right. The moon can be seen early in the morning sometimes and late at night. Different phases are only visible on certain days as one day might be full quarter, the next full moon, the next first quarter, etc.