Moon Vocabulary

Waxing phase of the moon when you see half the lighted side or 1 quarter of the moon's surface

• Maria

• First quarter

• Third quarter

• Waxing crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Moon phase where you see only half the lighted side, after a full moon. HINT: It is waning or getting smaller now.

• Third quarter

• New moon

• Waning gibbous

• First quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Moon phase that starts just after full moon. HINT: Is it getting bigger or smaller now?

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning gibbous

• Waxing crescent

• Waning crescent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When moon is between the Sun and Earth. Moon blocks the Sun and casts a shadow on part of Earth.

• New moon

• Full moon

• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Period of time after new moon when more of the lighted side becomes visible.

• Waning gibbous

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning crescent

• Waxing (in general)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Moon phase when less than half the lighted side of the moon can be seen.

• Waxing crescent

• Waning crescent

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Moon phase which occurs just before a full moon.

• First quarter

• Waning crescent

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Period of time when the amount of lighted side becomes smaller.

• Waning

• Waxing

• Full moon

• New moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Dark, flat areas of the moons surface.

• Highlands

• Maria

• Regolith

• Rays

Moon phase when the lighted area faces the Sun and the dark side faces Earth

• Third quarter

• Full moon

• First quarter

• New moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1