Why does the moon changes the way it appears through the moon ?
The different "shapes" of the moon are related with the changing position of the Moon with respect to the Sun that leads to lunar phases.
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True
True or False:The phases of the Moon depending on the postion of the earth and sun.
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Also called a dark moon
What is a new moon?
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When the moon is above or below the earth and we can only see half
What is a quarter moon?
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Waxing cresent is on the right side and waning cresent is on the left side
What is the difference between the waning cresent and waxing cresent?
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what is the total number of days from new moon to new moon?
about 29.5 days
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false
True or False:There is 9 moon phases.
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The earth is between the moon and the sun
What is a full moon
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We are only able to see a little sliver of the lighted side of the moon
What is a crescent moon?
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This occurs when there's a lot of dust, smoke, or pollution in the atmosphere. The size of those particles will determine the type of color you will see.
Why is the moon phases sometimes orange?
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What is a waning moon?
when the moon phases appear to be getting smaller
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False it 90
True or False:At first and third quarter, the Moon, Earth, and Sun are at 180 degrees to each other.
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An eclipse of the Sun (or solar eclipse) can only occur at New Moon when the Moon passes between Earth and Sun
What moon phase is a solar eclipse?
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the moon
A natural body that revolues around a planet.What is it?
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The different phases of the Moon are caused by its revolutions about the Earth.
Why do we have different moon phases?
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What is a waxing moon?
The moon appears to be growing .
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True
True or False: So, in one week the moon goes through one-quarter of its cycle.
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When the moon blocks the sun or a part of it, it's called a lunar phase it's a full moon.
What moon phase is a lunar eclipse?
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phases
One of the shapes the moon seems to have as it orbits Earth?
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Because, when the moon is new, its night face is facing us on Earth and we can't see the moon at this time
Why can't we see a new moon?
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new moon,waxing cresent,first quarter,waxing gibbous,full moon,waning gibbous, thrid quarter,waning cresent
What are all the moon phases?
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The word crescent refers to the phases where the moon is less than half.The word gibbous refers to phases where the moon is more than half .
What is the difference between a crescent and gibbous?
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dark side
What side of the moon do we see first?
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earth,sun
The moon orbit the _____ and the earth orbits the_____.
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At full moon, the moon and sun are on a line, with Earth in between.