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Moon phases

Published on Dec 03, 2015

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Moon phases

By: Abigail Quinn

New Moon is when the moon is completly black.

Photo by pmonaghan

Waxing Crescent is when you can only see a crescent of the moon. A sliver of the moon.

Photo by StephenGA

First Quarter is when only the right side of the moon is lit. It is only lit because the earth is blocking the other half.

Photo by kendoman26

Waxing Gibbous is when 3/4 of the moon is lit. The other 1/4 of the moon is blocked by the earth.

Photo by johncudw2399

Full Moon is when the moon is fully lit by the sun. Nothing is blocking the sun from hitting the moon.

Photo by chris.ptacek

Waning gibbous is when 3/4 of the moon is lit on the left side. The other 1/4 is blocked by the earth.

Photo by Paul Garland

Third Quarter is when the left half is lit. The other half is blocked by the earth.

Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Waning Crescent is when a sliver of the left side of the moon is lit. The other part of the moon is blocked by the earth.

Photo by Aquila-chrysaetos

Waxing means getting bigger but the moon is not getting bigger. The lit side of the moon is getting bigger because of the sun.

Waning means getting smaller but the moon is'nt getting smaller the lit part of the moon is getting smaller because of the sun and earth moving.

A solar eclipse is when the moon gets in the suns light path that is hitting the earth.

Photo by Rev.Dr.Seb

A lunar eclipse is when the earth gets in the suns path that is hitting the moon.

Photo by Doha Sam

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