Lunar Cycle

What is the term used to describe the first quarter of the year?

• Second Quarter

• First Quarter

• Third Quarter

• Fourth Quarter

What is the term for the last quarter of a year?

• First Quarter

• Second Quarter

• Last Quarter

• Fourth Quarter

What is the term for the phase of the moon that occurs after a Full Moon and before the Last Quarter?

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

• First Quarter

What is the term for the phase of the moon that is more than half illuminated but not yet full?

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• New Moon

• Full Moon

What is the term for the phase of the moon that occurs after a Full Moon and before the Last Quarter?

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

• First Quarter

What is the term for the moon phase that occurs just before the new moon?

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

What is the term for the phase of the moon when it is not visible from Earth?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Half Moon

• Crescent Moon

What is the term for the phase of the moon that is more than half illuminated but not fully illuminated?

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• New Moon

• Full Moon

What is the term for the moon phase that occurs just before the new moon?

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

What is the phase of the moon that is described as a Waxing Crescent?

• Waxing Crescent

• Full Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• New Moon