Moon Quiz

About how many days does it take to moon to go through a complete cycle?

• 7 days

• 365 days

• 28 days

• 20 days

When the visible (lit) portion of the moon is increasing, the moon is:

• waning
• full
• waxing
• new

Approximately how much time passes between the new moon and full moon?

• 28 Days

• 14 Days

• 3 Days

• 24 hours

What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth

• the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving

Name the moon phase

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Full

• Waning Gibbous

What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the full moon phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
• This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
• This is the first quarter moon phase.

What moon phase is this image?

• This is the full moon phase.
• This is the last quarter moon phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous moon.
• This is the new moon phase.

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

• waxing
• waning
• new
• eclipse

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

• New