Vocabulary
Moon Phases
More Moon Phases
Random Moonisms
Grab Bag
100

A rocky sphere that travels around a planet

A moon

100

This moon phase looks like nothing!

New Moon

100

What in the world is this moon phase?


Quarter Moon!

100

This is how much less you weigh on the moon.

1/6th

100
During a full moon, the moon is illuminated this much by the sun.

50%

200

to shine light on an object and make it visible

Illuminate

200

This moon phase looks like the letter C, sometimes its backwards.

Crescent

200

What is this moon phase!?!?!


Waxing Crescent
200

The first lunar landing took place in this year.

1969

200

The Moon phase is full, the Earth phase is this.

New Earth

300

The path an object takes as it travels around a centerpoint.

Orbit

300

This moon phase is 100% illuminated when viewed from earth.

Full moon

300

What is this moon phase?!?!?!?!

Waning gibbous

300

It takes about this long for a full moon phase cycle to occur.

About 28 days

300

 This is the order needed for a lunar eclipse.

Sun, Earth, Moon

400

This model is enlarged or minimized by the same amount.

To scale model

400

What is this moon phase!?!?!?

Waxing Gibbous

400

This moon phase is REQUIRED for a lunar eclipse!!!!

Full moon

400

The estimated angle of the Moon's tilted orbital plane.

About 5 degrees

400

Name the shadow cast by Earth.

Umbra

500

The shape of the moon we see from Earths surface, usually at night, 

Moon Phases

500

What is this moon phase!?!?!?

Waning Crescent

500

This causes this full moon to be red.

Earths atmosphere!

500

The amount of the moon visible from Earth during a gibbous moon.

50.1-99.9% 

More than half, less than a whole.

500

You see this phase, whats next????


Waxing Crescent