Moon Phases Practice

What term is used to describe the moon getting fuller as it goes through its phases, the light begins on the right.

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What term is used to describe the moon becoming darker, these phases happen after the full moon as the moon heads back towards the new moon phase.

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Name the moon phase

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

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Name the moon phase

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

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Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter or (third quarter)
• New Moon
• Full Moon

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What moon phase came right BEFORE this one?

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

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Name the moon phase that would come AFTER this moon.

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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What is the difference between a gibbous moon and a crescent moon?

• The gibbous shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
• The crescent shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
• The gibbous shows less than half of the bright side of the moon. 

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