14.6 What are the phases of the Moon?

Name

1. Changing shapes of the Moon

• waning Moon
• Phases
• gibbous phase
• crescent phase

2. Phase when less than half of the Moon is visible from Earth

• waning
• phases
• full moon
• crescent phase

3. Phase when more than half of the Moon is visible from Earth

• gibbous phase
• full moon
• waxing moon
• new moon

4. Phase when the part of the Moon that is visible increases

• full moon
• waxing Moon
• waning Moon
• new moon

5. Phase when the part of the Moon that is visible decreases

• full Moon
• waning Moon
• gibbous Moon

6. Phase when the whole face of the Moon is visible

• full Moon
• new Moon
• waning Moon
• waxing Moon

7. What is picture A showing

• waning Moon
• waxing Moon
• full Moon
• waxing crescent

8. What is picture B showing

• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous
• full moon

9. What is picture C showing

• waxing cresent
• last quarter
• waxing gibbous