Lunar Phases Review

What lunar phase is shown in the image?

• Waning Gibbous

• Last Quarter

• 1st Quarter

• Waxing Crescent

How many days between the New Moon and the First Quarter?

• 7 days

• 14 days

• 21 days

• 28 days

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Why do we always see the same side of the moon from earth?

• Because the moon does not rotate

• Because the moon rotates at the same speed that it revolves

• Because the moon reflects sunlight

• Because the moon is only visible at night

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If the new moon is on August 1st, what day is the waning gibbous on?

• August 5th

• August 15th

• August 18th

• August 31st

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Phases of the moon where the light is on the RIGHT side and it is GROWING BIGGER each night.

• Waxing
• Waning

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Moon phase when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, at which point the Moon cannot be seen because the lit half is facing the Sun and its dark side faces Earth. (forms a 180° straight line with the Earth and Sun)

• New
• Full
• Crescent
• Gibbous

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From New Moon to Full Moon it takes about ___ days, which is half of the lunar cycle.

• 3

• 15

• 30

• 60

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You always go _____________ when drawing the lunar cycle.

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

• left

• right

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Which moon phases are "waning"?

• 1 and 2
• 2 and 4
• 6 and 8
• 1 and 5

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What moon phase would be seen from Earth when the moon is at position 5? 

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

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