1. December 13, 2011

2. Objective:
Learn the phases of the moon
Agenda
Evolution of Lunar Landscape
Notes
Moon Phases Lab

3. Extra Credit Take picture of the moon upload to
Name the photo with your name and correct phase

4. The Moon
What direction is the sun rising?
What direction is the moon setting?

5. What causes the phases of the moon?
The phases of the Moon depend on its position in relation to the Sun and Earth. As the Moon makes its way around the Earth, we see the bright parts of the Moon's surface at different angles.

6. Phases of the Moon
It takes our Moon about 29.5 days to completely cycle through all eight phases.
This is known as a Lunar month

7. Phases of the Moon Sunlight Sunlight Earth
The general locations and orientations for the phases of the moon.
(7) Third Quarter
(6) Waning Gibbous
(8) Waning Crescent
Sunlight
Earth
(1) New Moon
(5) Full Moon
Sunlight
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Earth spins on its axis in the same direction as the moon’s orbit.
(2) Waxing Crescent
(4) Waxing Gibbous
(3) First Quarter

8. Perspective & The Moon’s Face
How much of the moon’s face does the person see?
Sunlight
Earth
(1) New Moon
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NEW MOON Wherever the person looks all they see is shadowed moon.

9. Perspective & The Moon’s Face
How much of the moon’s face does the person see?
Sunlight
Earth
(2) Waxing Crescent
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WAXING CRESCENT When you look up you see only a small crescent brightly lit. (Right Side)

10. Perspective & The Moon’s Face
How much of the moon’s face does the person see?
Sunlight
Earth
(3) First Quarter
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FIRST QUARTER When you look up you see one half of the front face of the Moon brightly lit. (Right side)

11. Perspective & The Moon’s Face
How much of the moon’s face does the person see?
Sunlight
Earth
(4) Waxing Gibbous
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WAXING GIBBOUS When you look up you see only a small crescent, darkly shadowed, on the left.

12. Perspective & The Moon’s Face
How much of the moon’s face does the person see?
Sunlight
Earth
(5) Full Moon
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FULL MOON When you look up you see the entire face of the Moon brightly lit.

13. Perspective & The Moon’s Face
How much of the moon’s face does the person see?
Sunlight
Earth
(6) Waning Gibbous
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WANING GIBBOUS When you look up you see only a small crescent, darkly shadowed, on the right.

14. Perspective & The Moon’s Face
Sunlight
Earth
(7) Third Quarter
How much of the moon’s face does the person see?
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THIRD QUARTER When you look up you see one half of the front face of the Moon brightly lit. (Left side)

15. Perspective & The Moon’s Face
Sunlight
Earth
(8) Waning Crescent
How much of the moon’s face does the person see?
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WANING CRESCENT When you look up you see only a small crescent brightly lit. (Left Side)

22. What phase is the moon?

23. What phase is the moon?

28. Have you ever seen a halo around the Moon
Have you ever seen a halo around the Moon? This fairly common sight occurs when high thin clouds containing millions of tiny ice crystals cover much of the sky. Each ice crystal acts like a miniature lens. Because most of the crystals have a similar elongated hexagonal shape, light entering one crystal face and exiting through the opposing face refracts 22 degrees, which corresponds to the radius of the Moon Halo. A similar Sun Halo may be visible during the day. The picture was taken in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA. Exactly how ice-crystals form in clouds remains under investigation.