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Moon Phases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Moon is almost directly between the sun and Earth (start of cycle) | New Moon |
| A bit of the sunlit side of the moon shows on the right side | Waxing Crescent Moon |
| The moon is a quarter of its way around the Earth. It is in its first quarter phase. | First Quarter Moon |
| The moon is iincreasing in light between a first qtr moon and a full moon | Waxing Gibbous Moon |
| 2 weeks have passed since the new moon. We see the entire face on the moon shining | Full moon |
| the moon is decreasing in light bwtn a full moon and a last qtr moon | waning gibbous moon |
| the moon is 3/4 of its way around Earth. it is in its last qtr phase. | last qtr moon |
| a bit of the waning sunlit side of the moon shows on the left side | waning crescent moon |