Moonlight Drive
This is when the appearance of the moon gets bigger
What is waxing?
This is the spinning of an object on it's axis
What is rotation?
Moon phase between the new moon and First Quarter
What is waxing crescent?
When the moon passes directly between Earth and the sun, blocking the sun's light
What is a Solar Eclipse?
This causes seasons
What is earth's tilted axis?
This is when the appearance of the moon decreases
What is waning?
This is the movement of a smaller object around a larger object
What is revolution?
Type of eclipse when the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun
What is a Lunar Eclipse?
This is the shortest day of the year.
What is the winter solstice?
This is the reason that the moon has a larger effect on earth's tides than the sun does.
What is the moon is closer than the sun is.
Earth's period of rotation
What is 24 hours?
This phase that COMES AFTER the full moon
What is waning gibbous?
The phase of moon during a solar eclipse
What is a new moon?
The season in the Northern Hemisphere when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
What is summer?
The phase we see when the moon is lit 3/4 of the way on its left side
What is waning gibbous?
Earth's period of revolution
What is 365 days?
This moon phase has the moon lit up halfway on the left side
What is 3rd quarter moon?
The phase of the moon during a lunar eclipse
What is a full moon?
This is the longest day of the year
What is the summer solstice?
One reason that moon phases change is because the moon reflects sunlight. This is the other reason.
What is the moon orbits earth?
The darkest area of shadow during an eclipse
What is the umbra?
This is the number of eclipse seasons per year
What is two?
These two days have equal amounts of day and night everywhere on earth.
What are the spring and fall equinoxes?