Moon Phases and Eclipses

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

• waning
• full
• waxing
• new

What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth
• the amt of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun
• The tilt of Earth
• how fast the moon is moving

Define Gibbous

• Less than half of moon visible
• More than half of moon visible
• All of moon visible
• None of moon visible

During a solar eclipse...

• The sun is blocked
• The Earth is blocked
• The moon is blocked
• You are blocked

The order of a lunar eclipse is..

• Sun-Earth-Moon
• Earth-Sun-Moon
• Moon-Sun- Earth
• Earth-Moon-Sun

What Moon phase is this?

• Full Moon
• Waxing Gibbous
• New Moon
• Half Moon

What Moon phase is this?

• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Gibbous
• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Gibbous

What Moon phase is this?

• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Third Quarter
• First Quarter

What Moon phase is this?

• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Crescent
• Waning Gibbous
• Full Moon

What Moon phase is this?

• Old Moon
• Far Side of the Moon
• New Moon
• Waxing Gibbous