Moon Phases

What moon phase is this image?

• This is the full moon phase.
• This is the last quarter moon phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous moon.
• This is the new moon phase.

What moon phase is this picture?

• full moon

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

• first quarter

What moon phase is this picture?

• waning crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

• new moon

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the full moon phase.  
• This is the waxing crescent moon phase.
• This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
• This is the waning crescent moon phase.

What is this moon phase?

• waxing gibbous

• last quarter

• first quarter

• new moon

Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

• waxing
• waning
• new
• eclipse

The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through _.

• revolutions
• phases
• rotations
• eclipses

What part of the moon do we see from Earth?

• all of it
• the same side
• none of it
• only one quarter

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month