it’s just going through a phase! source: nasa, apollo 11
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It’s just going through a
phase!Source:
NASA, Apollo 11
If you look at the Moon each night, you’ll notice its
appearance changes.
If you watch closely, you’ll
notice the Moon changes in a
regular pattern.
It gets larger, and then it gets
smaller and then larger again.
Why?
The Earth revolves around and the Sun and
the Moon revolves around the Earth.
As the Moon revolves around
the Earth, different parts of the Moon
are in sunlight.
This causes the phases of
the Moon.
There are eight major phases of the Moon you should
know.
New Moon
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Waxing
The Moon appears to be getting larger.
Waxing Crescent
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First Quarter
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Gibbous
Between half and full.
Waxing Gibbous
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Full Moon
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Waning
The Moon appears to be
getting smaller.
Waning Gibbous
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Last/3rd Quarter
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Waning Crescent
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And the cycle begins all over again, month
after month after month.
That is why we see the Moon change thru the
month.