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This is the first phase, usually at the first of the month
What is the new moon?
100
The Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth. Every year, the Moon moves roughly _._ cm further away from Earth. Surprising, isn't it?
What is 3.8?
100
How long does it take for the moon to go through o full lunar cycle?
What is 29.5 days?
100
Our moon is the 5th largest moon in the Solar System, the biggest being this, orbiting Jupiter.
What is Ganymede?
100
This meme originated from Tumblr in 2013.
What is the doge meme?
200
The __________ phase occurs between the first quarter and full moon phases.
What is the Waxing Gibbous?
200
Only 12 people have ever walked on the Moon. It started with Neil Armstrong in 1969 as part of the Apollo 11 mission and ended with ____ ______ in 1972 on the Apollo 17 mission. A total of 12 American males have walked on the Moon. Since 1972, all lunar missions have been unmanned spacecraft.
Who is Gene Cernan?
200
This was NASA's first manned Moon landing in 1969.
What is the Apollo 11?
200
Phobos and Deimos are the moon of this planet.
What is Mars?
200
This state borders us to the north.
What is Missouri?
300
A this phase is when we can see the entire lit portion of the Moon
What is a full moon?
300
There is no atmosphere on the Moon. There is no protection for the surface from cosmic rays, meteorites, asteroids, _____, similar to asteroids, or solar winds. This is why the Moon has such huge temperature variations and it is covered with impact craters.
What are comets?
300
He was the first person to set foot on the Moon.
Who was Neil Armstrong?
300
Mercury and _____ have no moons. Earth, of course, has just one moon, Luna. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos.
What is Venus?
300
Who is TheOdd1sOut?
400
Two or three days after new moon, a ___________ can be seen just to the east (left) of the Sun. It is most easily seen just after sunset, following the Sun closely down toward the western horizon.
What is a Waxing Crescent?
400
The “Man in the Moon” is an optical illusion seen when looking at the Moon’s surface from Earth. It is a result of the contrast between the lighter lunar highlands and darker lunar ______.
What are plains?
400
The Earth’s _____ are largely caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon.
What are tides?
400
Although research is continuing, most scientists agree that the Moon features small amounts of water, much this other planet, still under investigation.
What is Mars?
400
R.I.P. the 41st president of the United States, seen here.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
500
About a week after new or full moon, the Moon has moved about 90 or 270 degrees away from the Sun, a quarter of the way around the sky toward the either the east or the west. At this time, its right or left-hand half is illuminated by sunlight. This phase is called a this
What is a quarter moon?
500
The diameter of the Moon is the same distance from New York City to Phoenix, a city in this state.
What is Arizona?
500
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is between the ___ and the Moon.
What is the sun?
500
Did you know there is no dark side of the moon? Both sides of the Moon see the same amount of ________, however because the Moon is tidally locked to Earth, only one face of the Moon is ever seen from Earth.
What is sunlight?
500
We all watch this website a lot.
What is YouTube?