1. PHASES OF THE MOON STUDY GUIDE

3. What moon phase?
waxing crescent

4. What moon phase?
third quarter

5. What moon phase?
1st quarter

6. What moon phase?
full

7. What moon phase?
waxing gibbous

8. What moon phase?
waning gibbous

9. What moon phase?
waning crescent

10. What moon phase?
new moon

11. The positions of the moon, Earth, and Sun are responsible for the moon’s phases.

12. It takes about one month or 29
It takes about one month or 29.5 days for the moon to complete one cycle of phases.

13. Order of Moon Phases

14. None of the moon is illuminated during the new moon phase.

15. Three weeks after a new moon, you can see ½ of the moon
Three weeks after a new moon, you can see ½ of the moon. It’s in the 3rd quarter phase.

16. What is waxing? when the moon is getting bigger
the right side is illuminated

17. What is waning? when the moon is getting smaller
when the left side is illuminated

18. The moon changes phases because it changes position as it orbits Earth.

19. This is a lunar eclipse.

20. For a lunar eclipse to occur, the moon must be full.

21. This is a solar eclipse.

22. The moon must be new for a solar eclipse to occur.