What Phase is that?
Days of the Lunar Phase
Vocabulary
Days of the Lunar Phase - Part 2
What Phase is that? Part 2
100

The moon is not visible.

New Moon

100

What day do we typically see a New Moon?

Day 0

100

What is the lunar phase where Earth is directly between the sun and the moon; the moon looks like a circle?

Full Moon

100

What Day do we typically see a full Moon?

Day 14

100

The moon looks like a perfect circle.

Full Moon

200

The visible part of the moon looks like a semicircle, the Left Half of the Moon is visible.

Third Quarter Moon

200

What day do we typically see the Third Quarter Moon?

Day 21

200

What is the lunar phase where the moon is directly between Earth and the sun; the moon cannot be seen from Earth?

New Moon

200

What day do we Typically see the First Quarter Moon?

Day 7

200

The visible part of the moon looks like a semicircle, the Right Half of the Moon is visible.

First Quarter

300

The visible part of the moon is on the right side, the shape is smaller than a full moon but larger than a half moon.

Waxing Gibbous

300

What is the range of days were we would typically see a Waxing Gibbous Moon?

Day 8-13

300

What is the appearance of the lit area of the moon as seen from Earth?

Lunar Phase

300

What is the range of days we would typically see a Waning Gibbous Moon?

Day 15-20

300

The visible part of the moon is on the left side, the visible part is smaller than a half moon, but larger than a new moon.

Waning Crescent

400

The visible part of the moon is on the left, the moon is smaller than a full moon but larger than a half moon.

Waning Gibbous

400

What is the range of days we would typically see a Waning Crescent Moon?

Day 22-28

400

What is a representation which displays some but not all aspects of an object or phenomenon?

Model

400

What is the range of days we would typically see a Waxing Crescent Moon?

Day 1-6

400

What is the lunar phase where the moon, Earth, and the sun form a perpendicular angle; the moon looks like a semicircle with only the left half visible?

Third Quarter Moon

500

The visible side of the moon is the right side, the shape is slightly larger than a new moon, but smaller than a first quarter moon.

Waxing Crescent

500

What is the Shape of the Moon on day 23 of the Lunar Cycle?

Waning Crescent

500

What is the lunar phase where the moon, Earth, and the sun form a perpendicular angle; the moon looks like a semicircle with only the right half visible?

First Quarter Moon

500

What is the Shape of the Moon on day 9 of the Lunar Cycle?

Waxing Gibbous

500

What does a Waxing Gibbous Moon look like?

The right side of the moon is visible, the moon is larger than a half moon, but smaller than a full moon.

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