1. Not the Shadow of the Earth!!!
Phases of the Moon
Not the Shadow of the Earth!!!

2. Shadow of the Earth
The Earth’s shadow hits the moon only during a lunar eclipse

3. Shadow of the Earth
The Earth’s shadow hits the moon only during a lunar eclipse
Earth’s Shadow!!!

4. The Real Answer
The phases of the moon are caused by the relative position of the Earth – Moon – and Sun.
The lit section is caused by sunlight reflecting off the moons surface.
Except for a Lunar Eclipse, 50% of the moons surface is always in daylight!
The dark section is the “night” side of the moon.
A lunar day lasts 2 weeks – and a lunar night, 2 weeks.

5. People have been trying to figure this out ever since they admitted the sun was in the center of the Solar System

6. Galileo’s Moon

8. When viewed from away, the moon also rotates
Once a Month (or was that once a “Moonth”)

10. New Moon

11. Waxing Crescent

12. First Quarter

13. Waxing Gibbous

14. Full Moon

15. Waning Gibbous

16. Third Quarter

17. Waning Crescent

18. New Moon - again

19. Moon Movie

21. Imbrium and Plato

22. Kepler

23. Tycho

24. This is the part where we do the DANCE
I need some volunteers!!! (3)

25. Disclaimer
Aloha I put together these power points for use in my science classes. You may use them in your classes. Some images are public domain, some are used under the fair-use provisions of the copyright law, some are mine. Copyright is retained by the owners!
Ted Brattstrom