Moon Phases
This is the phase of the moon when you see the entire lit side from Earth.
What is a full moon?
This season typically has 15 hours of daylight.
What is summer?
This causes day and night
What is rotation of the Earth
This is the imaginary line that goes from the north to the south pole.
What is the axis?
This term is used when the visible part of the moon is shrinking; the left side is lit.
What is waning?
In the first quarter, this half of the moon is visible from Earth.
What is the right side?
During these seasons, Connecticut experiences similar temperatures and daylight hours.
What are fall and spring?
This takes 1 year to complete
What is the Earth's revolution around the Sun
This is the spinning of Earth on its axis.
What is its rotation?
This term is used when more than half of the moon is visible from Earth.
What is gibbous?
This term is used when the lit side of the moon is growing on the right.
What is waxing?
The United States is experiencing this season when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun.
What is summer?
This is one body moving around another body in space
What is orbit?
This describes the angle of sunlight hitting Earth during the winter.
What is more spread out? (less direct)
This phase is halfway lit on the left side.
What is a third quarter moon?
This term is used when you see less than half of the moon from Earth.
What is crescent?
This part of the Earth does not experience seasons.
What is the equator?
The moon orbit is in what shape?
What is elliptical?
This is a day when the sun is farthest north or south of the equator. It signals the beginning of summer or winter.
What is a solstice?
This phase will show you a small portion of the moon on the right side.
What is a waxing crescent?
Is this true or false: The same side of the moon is always lit by the sun.
True
During these months, the North Pole experiences 24 hours of darkness.
What is December - March?
At this angle is the revolution of the moon around the Earth
What is 5 degrees?
This is a day when day and night are almost exactly 12 hours long.
What is an equinox?
This phase of the moon is lit on the left side and is showing more than half of the moon.
What is a waning gibbous?