Phases of the Moon Notes
The Moon
The moon revolves
_______ around the _____
Earth and
_______ on its own axis.
rotates
It takes the moon about ___
29 days to revolve
Earth
around the _____.
The moon does not produce
______ light (or glow).
It reflects
_______ light from the sun.
Phases of the Moon
The different shapes of the moon you see from
phases
Earth are called _______.
The moon goes through its whole set of phases
revolves around _____,
each time it _______
Earth that is,
one time each month.
about ___
Phases of the Moon
changes in the _______
Phases are caused by _______
positions of
the moon, Earth, and the ___.
sun The phase of the
moon you see depends on how much of the _____
sunlit
side of the moon faces
____ Earth.
The New Moon
The sun lights the side of
the moon facing _____
away
from Earth.
The side of the moon that
dark
faces Earth is _____.
Start of new moon cycle –
_____.
week
1
Waxing Crescent
You see more and more of
the lighted
______ side
____ of the
moon.
This is a waxing crescent
moon.
First Week
______
____
First Quarter Moon
half of the
You will see ____
lighted side of the moon.
1&2
Between weeks ____
Waxing Gibbous
The Moon continues to
move.
You can see a different
picture of the moon.
Second
______ Week
Full Moon
You see the whole lighted
side of the moon.
&3
Between weeks 2
____.
Waning Gibbous
The fraction of the
lighted side of the moon
that you see starts to get
______
smaller each day.
3
Week ___.
Third Quarter
half of the
You can see ____
Moon’s lighted side.
&4
Between weeks 3____.
Waning Crescent
crescent
You will see a ________
shape again.
Week __
4 – after this
phase, you will see a ___
new
moon again.