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Moon Words
Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| new moon | sun lights the moon facing away from Earth. The side of the moon facing Earth is dark |
| waxing crescent | the moon appears as a sliver or crescent of light |
| first quarter | half the lighted side of the moon |
| waxing gibbous | the lighted side of the moon with more than half of it lighted |
| full moon | the whole moon is lit |
| waning gibbous | the fraction of the lighted side of the moon decreases |
| last quarter | half of the moon is lit |
| waning crescent | there is less and less of the lighted side of the moon visible and then it appears again as a crescent |