Lunar Phases

A spinning motion.

• Phase

• Full moon

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Revolution

The seventh of the Moon’s eight phases and the left hand 50% of the Moon is visible.

• First quarter

• Last quarter

• Waxing phase

• Gibbous

The Moon is more than half full but not fully illuminated.

• Waxing phase

• Waning phase

• Gibbous

• Full moon

Occurs when less of the Moon’s near side is illuminated each night.

• Waxing phase

• Waning phase

• First quarter

• Last quarter

The lit portion of the Moon, or a planet, that can be seen from Earth.

• Orbit

• Waxing phase

• Gibbous

• Phase

Occurs when more of the Moon’s near side is illuminated each night.

• Waxing phase

• Waning phase

• Rotation

• New moon

Name that term: Revolution

• Motion of an object around another object.

• A spinning motion

• The lit portion of the Moon, or a planet, that can be seen from Earth.

• The first phase of the lunar cycle and the Moon is not illuminated.

Describe That Term: First Quarter

• Path an object follows as it moves around another object.

• Motion of an object around another object.

• The Moon is more than half full but not fully illuminated.

• The third of the Moon’s eight phases and the right hand 50% of the Moon is visible.

Describe That Term: The first phase of the lunar cycle and the Moon is not illuminated.

• Full moon

• New moon

• Gibbous

• Waxing phase

Describe that term: Path an object follows as it moves around another object.

• Phase

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation