Phases of the moon

Ways the moon appears from Earth; stages

• phases
• astronomy
• cosmic
• eclipse

To get smaller

• waning
• waxing
• eclipse
• lunar

to get larger

• waxing 
• waning
• ellipses
• revolution

What phase comes after a waxing crescent?

• New Moon

• 3rd Quarter

• 1st Quarter

• Waning Gibbous

About how long does it take the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth?

• 65 days
• 8 days
• 365 days
• 28 days

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

• Waning crescent
• Full moon
• Waxing gibbous
• New moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• waxing
• waning
• new
• eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How many phases does the moon have?

• 7 phases
• 5 phases
• I do not know
• 8 phases

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Moon rotates around the Earth

• True
• False