Definitions
What does waxing mean?
Light Grows
How long does it take for the moon to create one full rotation?
29.5 days
Is there ever one side of the moon that is never lit up?
No, all sides of the moon get sun at some point in its orbit
When the moon is in completely illuminated (Lit up)
Full Moon
What does waning mean?
Light Shrinks
How long does it take for the moon to create one full orbit?
29.5 days
What causes the moon to be illuminated (lit up)?
"The light from the Sun bounces off the Moon."
When the moon is not illuminated (Lit up) at all
New Moon
What does crescent mean?
Less than half full
What does the moon orbit around?
The earth
What causes a change in the moon phases?
The angle that sunlight hits the moon
When the light is growing, on the right side, and is more than half full
Waxing Gibbous
What is a rotation?
the spinning of a celestial body, such as a planet, around an axis
What is the relationship between orbit and rotation
They take the same amount of time
What is a blue moon?
When there are two full moons in one month
When the light is shrinking and is less than half full
Waning Crescent
What is an orbit?
the circular path of an object as it revolves around another object
Why do we only see one side of the moon?
The moons rotation takes the same amount of time as its orbit
How often does a full set of moon phases occur?
About 29.5 days
When the moon is half illuminated (Lit up), on the right side
First Quarter