Moon Phases Vocabulary

The moon phase in which the moon appears to have the Sun's light shining on more than half of the right side of the moon.

• waxing gibbous moon

• waxing crescent moon

• waning crescent moon

• third quarter moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon phase in which less than half of the moon appears to be lit on the right side.

• Full Moon

• Third Quarter moon

• waxing crescent moon

• waning crescent moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon phase in which the moon appears to have the Sun's light shining on more than half of the left side of the moon.

• waxing gibbous moon

• waning gibbous moon

• new moon

• first quarter moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon phase where less than half of the moon appears to be lit on the left side.

• first quarter moon

• new moon

• waning crescent moon

• waxing crescent moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon phase in which the moon is halfway to a new moon.

• first quarter moon

• full moon

• waxing crescent moon

• third quarter moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon phase in which the moon can not be seen.

• first quarter moon

• full moon

• new moon

• third quarter moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon phase in which the moon is halfway to a full moon.

• waxing crescent moon

• waning crescent moon

• first quarter moon

• waning gibbous moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The slant of Earth's axis.

• cycle

• revolution

• tilt

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

an imaginary line that Earth rotates around

• tilt

• axis

• revolution

• rotation

A sequence of events that repeats itself.

• axis

• rotation

• tilt

• cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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