Moon Phases & Eclipses

What phase of the Moon is this where the dark half of the Moon is facing Earth?

• Full Moon

• 1st Quarter

• New Moon

• 3rd Quarter

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What phase of the Moon is this?

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

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What phase is this picture when the Moon has gone a quarter way around its orbit?

• 1st quarter

• Waning Crescent

• 3rd Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

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What phase is this?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

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What is this phase where the entire illuminated half is faces Earth?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• 1st Quarter

• 3rd Quarter

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What is the phase of this Moon?

• Full Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

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What is this Moon phase?

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• 3rd Quarter

• 1st Quarter

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What Moon phase is shown here?

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

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Which type of eclipse is this?

• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

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What type of eclipse occurs when the Moon is in the New Moon phase and the Moon is on the same plane as the Sun and Earth?

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

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