Phases of the Moon

What is the phase of the Moon that comes right before the Third Quarter?

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• New Moon

• Full Moon

What is the phase of the Moon when it is completely illuminated?

• New Moon

• First Quarter

• Full Moon

• Last Quarter

What is the phase of the Moon when it is not visible from Earth?

• Full Moon

• Quarter Moon

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

What is the phase of the Moon that comes after the New Moon?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Full Moon

• Last Quarter

What term describes the period when the visible portion of the Moon is increasing?

• Waning

• Crescent

• Waxing

• Full Moon

What term describes the period when the visible portion of the Moon is decreasing?

• Waning

• Waxing

• New Moon

• Full Moon

What is the phase of the Moon that is half illuminated and occurs before the New Moon?

• First Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

• Third Quarter

• Waning Crescent

What is the term for the Moon phase that occurs when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

During which phase of the Moon do we see a crescent shape?

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

What is the term for the Moon phase that occurs when the Moon is three-quarters illuminated?

• First Quarter

• Third Quarter

• Full Moon

• New Moon