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8th gr moon
the moon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wane | to decrease periodically in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon |
| Waxing | Has the phases called Waxing Crescent and Waxing Gibbous |
| what causes the moon to shine | the reflection of the sun |
| How many days does it take the moon to go through an entire set of phases | 29.5 |
| New Moon | The crescent moon |
| Waxing Crescent | opposite of waning crescent |
| first Quarter | The phase of the moon when it is near east quadrature, when the western half of it is visible to an observer on the earth |
| Waxing Gibbous | The phase of the Moon during which more than half, but less than all, the visible hemisphere of the Moon is illuminated by sunlight. |
| Full Moon | The moon when it is visible as a fully illuminated disk |
| Waning Gibbous | Cyclically recurring appearances of the Moon due to differing amounts of sunlight reflected by the Moon toward Earth during the Moon's orbit |
| Third quarter | The third phase of the moon in which the moon rises at midnight and goes down at noon. You can see it better if you actually wait till morning |
| Waning Crescent | Cyclically recurring appearances of the Moon due to differing amounts of sunlight reflected by the Moon toward Earth during the Moon's orbit |
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