1. The Lunar Cycle By: Doug Hansen & Carmelina Coleman

2. View From Earth New Moon From the earth we cannot see the moon or it is very dark. The moon is between the earth and the sun and therefore the sun cannot illuminate the part of the moon we can see from earth.

3. View From Earth Waxing Crescent

4. View From Earth Waxing Crescent

5. View From Earth Waxing Crescent

6. View From Earth Waxing Crescent

7. View From Earth Waxing Crescent

8. View From Earth Waxing Crescent

9. View From Earth Half Moon At this point the moon is halfway to the other side of the earth and therefore on Earth we can only see half of the illuminated portion of the moon because only half of it is facing the sun at this point.

10. View From Earth Waxing Gibbous

11. View From Earth Waxing Gibbous The moon is starting to move further away from between the sun and the earth. We on earth see more and more of the illuminated surface. It is on its way to a full moon.

12. View From Earth Waxing Gibbous

13. View From Earth Waxing Gibbous

14. View From Earth Waxing Gibbous

15. View From Earth Waxing Gibbous

16. View From Earth Full Moon The Earth is between the sun and the moon. From earth we can see a full moon, or it is a bright round disk.

17. View From Earth Waning Gibbous

18. View From Earth Waning Gibbous

19. View From Earth Waning Gibbous

20. View From Earth Waning Gibbous

21. View From Earth Waning Gibbous

22. View From Earth Waning Gibbous

23. View From Earth Half Moon

24. View From Earth Waning Crescent Illumination of the moon begins to decrease to less than a half moon. The moon is on its way to being a new moon. The moon is moving away the opposite side of the Earth to be between the Earth and the sun.

25. View From Earth Waning Crescent

26. View From Earth Waning Crescent

27. View From Earth Waning Crescent

28. View From Earth Waning Crescent

29. View From Earth Waning Crescent