Phases of the Moon Descriptions (Unit 6)

Phase of the moon when no light is visible on the surface of the moon

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phase of the moon when a crescent of sunlight is reflected on the right side of the moon as its illumination is increasing.

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phase of the moon when light is visible on the right "half" of moon's surface as its illumination is increasing.

• New Moon

• First Quarter

• Waxing Crescent

• Third Quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phase of the moon that occurs after the new moon.

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phase of the moon that occurs after the waxing crescent.

• New Moon

• First Quarter

• Waxing Crescent

• Third Quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phase of the moon when the right side of the moon is visible (more than 50%) as its illumination is increasing.

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Third Quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phase of the moon that occurs after the first quarter.

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Third Quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phase of the moon when the sun reflects completely on the moon.

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phase of the moon that occurs 2 weeks after the new moon.

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Phase of the moon that occurs 2 weeks after the full moon.

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1