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    The phases of the Moon are caused by the changing orientation of the half of the Moon that is illuminated by the Sun as the Moon orbits Earth. Over the course of about 29.5 days, we see the Moon go through eight phases from new moon to full moon and back to new moon again. These phases include the waxing and waning crescent, first and last quarter, and waxing and waning gibbous moons before ending again at the new moon phase.

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    The phases of the Moon are caused by the changing orientation of the half of the Moon that is illuminated by the Sun as the Moon orbits Earth. Over the course of about 29.5 days, we see the Moon go through eight phases from new moon to full moon and back to new moon again. These phases include the waxing and waning crescent, first and last quarter, and waxing and waning gibbous moons before ending again at the new moon phase.

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    The phases of the Moon are caused by the changing orientation of the half of the Moon that is illuminated by the Sun as the Moon orbits Earth. Over the course of about 29.5 days, we see the Moon go through eight phases from new moon to full moon and back to new moon again. These phases include the waxing and waning crescent, first and last quarter, and waxing and waning gibbous moons before ending again at the new moon phase.

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    Phases of The Moon

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    The phases of the Moon are caused by the changing orientation of the half of the Moon that is illuminated by the Sun as the Moon orbits Earth. Over the course of about 29.5 days, we see the Moon go through eight phases from new moon to full moon and back to new moon again. These phases include the waxing and waning crescent, first and last quarter, and waxing and waning gibbous moons before ending again at the new moon phase.

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    The key takeaways are that the moon has different phases that repeat every 29.5 days depending on how the sun lights up different parts of the moon as seen from earth.

    The different phases of the moon are new moon, waxing crescent moon, first quarter moon, waxing gibbous moon, full moon, waning gibbous moon, last quarter moon, and waning crescent moon.

    The order of the phases of the moon is new moon, waxing crescent moon, first quarter moon, waxing gibbous moon, full moon, waning gibbous moon, last quarter moon, and waning crescent moon.

    PHASES OF THE

    MOON
    Reported by
    Lex Kaizer B. Reluya
    OVERVIEW
    • The phases of the Moon are the different ways
    the Moon looks from Earth over about a month.

    • As the Moon orbits around the Earth, the half of


    the Moon that faces the Sun will be lit up. The
    different shapes of the lit portion of the Moon
    that can be seen from Earth are known as
    phases of the Moon. Each phase repeats itself
    every 29.5 days.
    PHASES OF THE MOON

    SUN
    • The same half of the
    Moon always faces the
    Earth. So the phases
    will always occur over
    the same half of the
    Moon's surface.

    • A phase is an angle of the moon to the earth


    so it appears differently every day.
    1. NEW MOON
    A new moon is when
    the Moon cannot be
    seen because we are
    looking at the unlit
    half of the Moon. The
    new moon phase
    occurs when the Moon
    is directly between the
    Earth and Sun. A solar
    eclipse can only
    happen at new moon.
    2. WAXING
    CRESCENT MOON
    A waxing crescent
    moon is when the
    Moon looks like
    crescent and the
    crescent increases
    ("waxes") in size from
    one day to the next.
    This phase is usually
    only seen in the west.
    3. FIRST QUARTER
    MOON
    The first quarter
    moon (or a half moon)
    is when half of the lit
    portion of the Moon is
    visible after the
    waxing crescent
    phase. It comes a
    week after new moon.
    4. WAXING
    GIBBOUS MOON
    A waxing gibbous moon
    occurs when more than half
    of the lit portion of the Moon
    can be seen and the shape
    increases ("waxes") in size
    from one day to the next. The
    waxing gibbous phase occurs
    between the first quarter and
    full moon phases.
    5. FULL MOON
    A full moon is when we can see the entire lit portion of
    the Moon. The full moon phase occurs when the Moon
    is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun,
    called opposition. A lunar eclipse can only happen at
    full moon.
    6. WANING
    GIBBOUS MOON
    A waning gibbous moon
    occurs when more than
    half of the lit portion of the
    Moon can be seen and the
    shape decreases ("wanes")
    in size from one day to the
    next. The waning gibbous
    phase occurs between the
    full moon and third quarter
    phases.
    7. LAST QUARTER
    MOON
    The last quarter
    moon (or a half moon)
    is when half of the lit
    portion of the Moon
    is visible after the
    waning
    gibbous phase.
    8. WANING
    CRESCENT MOON
    A waning crescent
    moon is when the Moon
    looks like the crescent
    and the crescent
    decreases ("wanes") in
    size from one day to the
    next.
    TRIVIA QUESTION:
    Do you think that full
    moon can happen
    twice in a month?
    A second full moon in one calendar month is
    usually called a "blue moon" and this occurs
    approximately every 3 years.

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