Why does the moon seem to change shape?
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When the moon is about 3/4 the way through its revolution, it is in a ______________(last quarter) moon.
Third-quarter moon
True or False: The moon creates its own light.
False
What is the side of the moon that is always turned away from us?
The Far Side
When the moon is larger than a semicircle, but not a full moon, it is called a _________moon.
Gibbous
A _________is the shape of the lit area of the moon as seen from Earth.
Lunar Phase
When the moon is waning, it is:
The moon orbits the Earth once every month and each orbit takes about how many days?
27.3 days
Side of the moon that is visible to us
near side
crescent
When the moon is directly between Earth and the Sun, it is not ___________.
visible
growing
What phase is this?
Full Moon
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What phase is this?
First Quarter
How many moon phases do we have?
8
When the moon is one quarter of the way through its revolution around Earth, it is called:
First-quarter moon
What moon phase would we be experiencing in position 7?
Third Quarter
Where does the moon get its light source from?
The Sun
What phase is this?
Waning Gibbous
True or false: Half of the moon is always lit up
True!
About 7 days after the First-quarter moon, the moon is a __________moon, where Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
Full
What moon phase would we be experiencing in position 4?
Waxing Gibbous
How long does it take for the moon to make one rotation? How long does it take for it to make one revolution?
27.3 Days
Name the moon phase
New Moon
What moon phase would we see based on this picture?
New Moon