Moon Phases

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Lunar

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Relating to the moon

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New moon

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The phase when the moon is not visible from Earth because the illuminated side is facing away

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Full Moon

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The phase of the moon when it is fully illuminated as seen from Earth.

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What is 'Apollo 11'?

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The NASA mission that first landed humans on the Moon in 1969.

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Moon

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The natural satellite of the Earth

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Orbit

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The path of a celestial body around a star, planet, or moon

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What is a 'Lunar eclipse'?

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when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon

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Waxing crescent

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The phase of the moon after the new moon, when a thin crescent is visible and increasing in size.

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Crescent

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A phase of the moon when less than half is illuminated and it appears as a thin curve.

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Waning crescent

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The phase of the moon just before the new moon, when a thin crescent is visible and decreasing in size.