Moon Phases

Changes in the moon's appearance are

• phases

• eclipses

• cycle

• stages

What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth

• The tilt of Earth

• the amt of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

• how fast the moon is moving

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise

• upwards

• counterclockwise

• downwards

Define Waxing

• Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing

• dark side is facing earth

• Completely illuminated

• Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking

Define Gibbous

• Less than half of the moon visible

• All of the moon visible

• None of the moon visible

• More than half of the moon visible

Define Full Moon

• None of the moons is visible

• Complete moon face is visible

• Half-moon phase is visible

• Less Than half of moon is visible

Define New Moon

• None of the moon is visible from Earth

• Moon is 1/2 visible from Earth

• All of the moon visible from Earth

• Moon is more than Half Visible from Earth

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• Full moon

• New moon

Name the moon phase

• New moon

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• Full moon

Name the moon phase

• Half of moon

• Last Quarter

• First Quarter

• New moon