Moon Phase ID
This moon phase is completely illuminated and resembles a bright circle.
What is a Full Moon?
The term for spinning on an axis.
What is Rotate or Rotation?
We do not have a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse every month due to this.
What is The Tilt of the Moon’s Orbit?
This amount of phases the moon has in its cycle.
What is 8?
The terms for the moon appearing above the horizon in the east and disappearing below the horizon in the west (two answers).
What are Moonrise and Moonset?
This moon phase has just a sliver or less than half illuminated on the right:
What is a Waxing Crescent?
The direction that the moon orbits the Earth.
What is Counterclockwise?
The number of days it takes for the moon to orbit Earth.
What is (about) 28 days?
The term “waxing” refers to.
What is the Moon Increasing in Illumination?
The approximate time between the moon appearing in the viewable sky and disappearing from the sky.
What is 12 hours?
This moon phase is when the visible portion of the moon is shrinking after a Full Moon.
What is a Waning Gibbous?
The term used for the decrease in the visible, illuminated part of the moon.
What is Waning?
The number of days it takes for the moon to complete its full cycle of phases.
What is 29.5 days?
The moon has darkness coming from the right side, this means it is a ______ phase.
What is a Waning Phase?
The approximate time that a new moon RISES and SETS (you need two times).
What is 6am and 6pm?
During this moon phase, the left half of the moon is visible and it's getting smaller.
What is a Third (or Last) Quarter?
The term for one object moving around another object.
What is Revolution?
The force of attraction between objects due to their masses.
What is Gravity?
The moon rises and sets about this many minutes later each day.
What is 50 minutes (or about an hour)?
The phase of the moon that rises at 9pm and sets at 9am.
What is a Waning Gibbous?
This phase occurs when the moon is in a position between the Earth and the Sun.
What is a New Moon?
The line that an astronomical object follows as it moves across the sky.
What is an Orbit?
The amount of the moon that is always lit up by the Sun:
What is half of the moon?
After a new moon, it takes about how long for us to see a first quarter moon?
What is about a week (7 days)?
The approximate times for a waxing crescent RISING, when it’s highest in the sky (halfway between rise and set), and SETTING. (You must specify all 3 and get all 3 right for full points).
What are rising: 9am, halfway: 3pm, and setting: 9pm?