Moon phases

Changes in the moon's appearance are

• phases

• eclipses

• stages

• cycles

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What causes the moon's phases?

• Where you are standing on Earth

• the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving

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Define waxing

• The lit part of the moon appears to be growing and getting bigger.

• The moon is completely illuminated.

• The far side of the moon is facing the Earth.

• The lit part of the moon is decreasing and appears to be shrinking

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In which moon phase, can the moon not be seen at all?

• Waning crescent

• Full moon

• Waxing gibbous

• New moon

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Gibbous means

• Less than half of the moon visible.

• More than half of moon visible but not all of it.

• All of the moon is visible.

• None of moon visible

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Full moon means

• None of the moon is visible.

• Only half of the moon's face is visible.

• All of the moon's face is visible.

• Less than half of the moon's face is visible.

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What Moon phase is this?

• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Gibbous

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Name this moon phase

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

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Name this moon phase

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

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What is the phase of the moon that occurs between the Sun and Earth?

• Full moon

• Waxing crescent

• Waning Crescent

• New Moon

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