Miscellaneous Moon
The number of days in a complete lunar cycle.
What is 28 days?
The word that indicates that light is GROWING or GETTING BIGGER
What is waxing?
The moon phase that we cannot see.
What is a new moon?
7 days.
What is the number of days between each of the main moon phases?
New and Full Moon
What are the moon phases that occur during a spring tide?
The phase that is always positioned between the sun and Earth
What is new moon?
The word that indicates that light is SHRINKING or GETTING SMALLER
What is waning?
The name for a moon phase that is more than half but less than full.
What is a gibbous?
If third quarter is on August 16th, this is the moon phase on August 9th.
What is a full moon?
The number of high and low tides that occur each day
What is 2?
The reason we can see the moon at night.
What is reflected sunlight off the surface of the moon?
The shape made by the phase when it is 1-49% illuminated
The name for a moon phase that is less than half but more than none.
What is a crescent?
The amount of time that passes from a waxing crescent to a waning crescent.
What is 3 weeks?
First and Third Quarter
What are the moon phases that occur during a neap tide?
The reason why we don't have eclipses every month
What is the moon's entire orbit is tilted?
The name for the entire sequence of moon phases
What is the lunar cycle?
The part of the lunar cycle where light is shrinking on the left.
What is waning?
If third quarter is on August 16th, the moon phase on August 27th.
What is waxing crescent?
When the moon and Sun's gravity are working against each other on the Earth.
What is a neap tide?
What is the moon revolves and rotates at the same rate?
The shape made when the moon phase is 51-99% illuminated
What is a gibbous?
The part of the lunar cycle where light is growing on the right.
What is waxing?
If a third quarter moon is on August 16th, the date in August for a First Quarter Moon.
What is August 2nd?
When the moon and Sun's gravity are working together to pull on the Earth.
What is a spring tide?