Moon Vocabulary

having to do with the moon

• solar

• lunar

• eclipse

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a time when the moon presents a particular, recurring appearance

• rotation

• solar

• moon phases

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a time in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• sun spot

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A rocky sphere that travels around the planet

• moon

• pattern

• sun

• solar system

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A moon phase in which the moon is not visible from Earth

• Blue Moon

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Gibbous Moon

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A moon phase that looks like LESS than a circle from Earth

• crescent moon

• gibbous moon

• lunar eclipse

• full moon

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A moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth

• lunar eclipse

• full moon

• crescent moon

• new moon

• Latin word for moon is Luna

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a moon phase that looks like MORE than half a circle from Earth

• moon phase

• quarter moon

• moon pie

• gibbous

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The shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from Earth

• solar system

• scale

• moon phase

• sun

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The nearby circular path of a smaller object (like the moon) that travels around a large object

• orbit

• scale

• terminator

• solar system

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