Moon Phases

What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth

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

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving

Define Waxing

• Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing
• Completely illuminated
• dark side is facing earth
• Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking

How many phases does the moon go through?

• 4
• 8
• 10
• 16

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

The spinning of the earth on its axis that causes day and night is called

• orbit.

• axis.

• rotation.

• revolution.

The path of an object in space around another object is a(n)

• orbit.

• axis.

• rotation.

• revolution.

What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the full moon phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
• This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
• This is the first quarter moon phase.

What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the waning crescent phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous phase.
• This is the waning gibbous phase.
• This is the new moon phase.

What is this moon phase?

• This is the waxing crescent phase.
• This is the full moon phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous phase.
• This is the last quarter moon.