Moon Phases Quiz

If you see only a sliver of the moon's disk on the right-hand side, this phase is called:

• Waning Crescent

• Gibbous Waning

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

When the moon's disk is fully illuminated because the Earth is between the sun and the moon, it is called:

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Last/3rd Quarter

• Waxing Crescent

In which phase can we see roughly three-quarters of the moon's disk, and the right side of the moon is lit?

• Gibbous Waxing

• Last/3rd Quarter

• Gibbous Waning

• Waning Crescent

If you see one-half of the moon's disk with the right side illuminated, the moon is in which phase?

• New Moon

• Last/3rd Quarter

• First Quarter

• Gibbous Waxing

Which phase occurs when the moon's disk is dark and invisible to us because the moon is between the sun and the Earth?

• Full Moon

• Gibbous Waxing

• New Moon

• First Quarter

Which of the following is a phase where we can see one-half of the moon's disk and the right half is lit?

• Waxing Crescent

• First Quarter

• Gibbous Waning

• Last/3rd Quarter

What is the phase called when we can see one-half of the moon's disk, and the left half of the moon is lit?

• First Quarter

• Last/3rd Quarter

• Waxing Crescent

• Gibbous Waning

When you can see only a sliver of the moon's disk on the left-hand side, it is called:

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

• Gibbous Waning

• First Quarter

When the moon is in a phase where we can see roughly three-quarters of the moon's disk and the left side of the moon is lit, it is called:

• Gibbous Waxing

• Gibbous Waning

• Waning Crescent

• Full Moon

Which phase is described when the right half of the moon is lit?

• Gibbous Waning

• Last/3rd Quarter

• New Moon

• First Quarter