Vocabulary
What is a new moon?
When the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, and the side facing Earth is dark.
What phase of the moon was it on September 18?
First Quater
What would be the next phase of the moon?
Waxing Gibbous
What is the phase after Waning Crescent
New moon
When would the next Harvest Moon appear?
September 26, 2026
What does the word waxing mean when describing the Moon?
When the Moon appears to be getting larger or more illuminated.
What was the last phase of the moon?
Waxing Cresent
When would the next waxing crescent happen?
October 11, 2026
What is the phase after a waxing crescent?
First Quater
When was there the last Blood Moon?
August 28
What does waning mean in the lunar cycle?
When the Moon appears to be getting smaller or less illuminated.
When was there a Waxing Cresent this month?
September 12- September 17
What phase would the moon be in 14 days?
Last Quater
What is the Phase before Full Moon?
Waxing Gibbous
When would the next Blue Moon appear.
May 20, 2027
What is a full moon?
When the side of the Moon facing Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun.
When was there a New Moon? (No Partial answers allowed for this question).
September 11
What phase would the moon be in 22 days?
New Moon
What phase is after a Third Quater?
waning crescent
When would the moon escape Earth's orbit?
approximately 5 billion years later
What is a crescent moon?
A phase when less than half of the Moon appears illuminated.
When was there a Full Moon? (Hint Not this month)
August 28
When is the next Full Moon?
September 26
What Phase is before a Third Quater?
Waning Gibbous
When is the next Solar Eclipse?
February 6, 2027