Consider the following debate between two students about the cause of the phases of the Moon and answer the question: Student 1: The phase of the Moon depends on how the Moon, Sun, and Earth are aligned with one another. During some alignments only a small portion of the entire Moon's surface will receive light from the Sun, in which case we would see a crescent moon. Student 2: I disagree. The Moon would always get the same amount of sunlight; it's just that in some alignments Earth casts a larger shadow on the Moon. That's why the Moon isn't always a full moon.
Do you agree or disagree with either or both of the students?

Generally, due to the fact he rightly stated that the positions of the Earth, Sun and moon continues on altering consistently due to the motion of moon round Earth.

Now, when the moon comes in between the Sun and the Earth about 1/2 component of the moon receives sunlight.

Similarly, as the moon rotates round Earth, a Earth will see the Sun-rays on the Moon coming from distinct angles and when solely a small element of the moon is illuminated via sunlight, we see it as crescent moon.

Therefore,I agree with the initial student