Question | Answer |
New Moon | Moon is almost directly between the sun and Earth (start of cycle) |
Waxing Crescent Moon | A bit of the sunlit side of the moon shows on the right side |
First Quarter Moon | The moon is a quarter of its way around the Earth .When half the moon is lit on the right side. |
Waxing Gibbous Moon | The moon is iincreasing in light between a first qtr moon and a full moon |
Full moon | 2 weeks have passed since the new moon. We see the entire face on the moon shining. Earth is between the sun and the moon. |
waning gibbous moon | The moon is decreasing in light bwtn a full moon and a last qtr moon |
last qtr moon | The moon is 3/4 of its way around Earth. it is in its last qtr phase. When half of the moon is lit on the left side. |
waning crescent moon | A bit of the waning sunlit side of the moon shows on the left side |
Lunar Cycle | The appearance of the moon as it makes a full revolution around the Earth - 28 days |
Crescent | A small sliver of light. Looks like a crescent roll. |
Waning | The light is shrinking or getting smaller from the left. |
Gibbous | When most of the moon is illuminated but not quite as full. "So big" |
Waxing | When the light is "growing" from the right. Getting bigger |
neap tide | A tide of minimum range (less than average) that occurs during the first and third quarters of the moon. |
spring tide | a tide of increased range that occurs two times per month; at the new and full moons. |
tidal range | the difference in levels of ocean water at high and low tide. |
tide | the periodic rise and fall of the water level in the oceans and other large bodies of water. the way the waves move. controlled by the moon |
eclipse | an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another. |
satellite | a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet |
season | a division of the year that is characterized by recurring weather conditions, and determined by both Earth's tilt relative to the sun and Earth's position in its orbit around the sun |
lunar eclipse | when the moon is completely blocked from the sun by earths shadow. |
solar eclipse | when the moon is casting a shadow on earth |