Moon Phases
The Moon rotates on its _____ and revolves around this planet _______
What is axis and Earth?
the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends
What is Crescent?
There are this many phases of the moon
What is 8?
During the First Quarter Moon, the right half appears ____ and the left side appears _____
What is lighted and dark?
The natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.
What is the moon?
The Moon's revolution around Earth is responsible for the _____ in its appearance
What is changes?
the instant, approximately one week after a new moon, when one half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun
What is First Quarter?
New Moon phase - the lighted side of the Moon faces ____ from the Earth
What is away?
Waxing Gibbous Moon is seen after this phase and before this phase
What is First Quarter Moon and the Full Moon?
The moon at any time after new moon and before full moon, so called because its illuminated area is increasing
What is Waxing?
The Moon's rotation takes this many days
What is 29.5?
the moon when the whole of its disk is illuminated, occurring when in opposition to the sun
What is Full Moon?
What is another name for lunar cycle?
What is moon cycle?
What position is the Earth during a full moon
What is the middle?
The moon at any time after full moon and before new moon (so called because its illuminated area is decreasing)
What is Waning?
The Moon's rotation is the same amount of time it takes to revolve around this planet
What is Earth?
Convex at both edges, as the moon when more than half full
What is Gibbous?
Waxing crescent moon can be seen after this phase and before this phase
What is New Moon and First Quarter Moon?
Waning Gibbous Moon is seen after this phase and before this phase
What is the Full Moon and before the Last Quarter Moon?
The instant, approximately one week after a full moon, when half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun
What is Last Quarter?
The same side of the Moon always _____ Earth
What is faces?
The moon when half its disk is illuminated
What is Half Moon?
Waxing means this
What is increasing or growing larger?
Waning means this
What is decreasing or smaller?
one of the recurring appearances or states of the moon or a planet in respect to the form, or the absence, of its illuminated disk
What is Moon Phase?