What are the four phases of the lunar cycle are called?

Answer 1

the phases of the moon are;

New Moon

This is when the moon is directly between the earth and the sun, so the lit side of the moon is facing away from the earth and it appears there is no moon because we only see the dark side. If the alignment of the Sun, moon and earth is good enough, then there is a chance for a solar eclipse to occur at this point.

Waxing Crescent

As the moon begins to move slowly away from the sun, a small portion of the moon is illuminated in a crescent shape. At first it is just a sliver, and each night the sliver becomes a little larger until it reaches the first quarter.

First Quarter

When the moon reaches the `first quarter` one half of the moon is illuminated by the sun. This occurs about one week after a new moon. The moon has completed one quarter of its orbit around earth at this point, from the new moon position.

Waxing Gibbous

As the moon continues to orbit, more and more of the moon is illuminated. After several days, it reaches the opposite of the waxing crescent. Nearly all the moon is lit and just a small crescent is still dark.

Full Moon

Once the moon reaches the midpoint in its monthly orbit, it is directly opposite the sun and fully illuminated. At this time, a lunar eclipse might occur, but only id the alignments are good enough.

Waning Gibbous

As the moon continues its orbit, it begins to develop a darkened crescent on one side. It begins as a small sliver and increases over several days until the three quarter moon.

Last Quarter

The last quarter is where the moon begins to enter the final quarter of its orbit. The moon is once again half illuminated, but this time it is the opposite side to the first quarter that is lit.

Waning Crescent

Finally, the moon moves through its final phase back toward its original position directly between the earth and sun. It gets increasingly darker until finally there is just a small crescent shaped sliver of illumination.GREAT ANSWER

Answer 2

There are eight phases, not four: New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent, and then back to new moon.

Actually, if it's only four you want, then they are new moon, first quarter, full moon, and last quarter

Answer 3

The moon shows eight variations in its appearance, progressing chronologically as follows:

-New moon

-Waxing crescent

-First quarter

-Waxing gibbous

-Full moon

-Waning gibbous

-Third quarter

-Waning Crescent

The cycle then repeats. The four official "phases" are waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous, and waning crescent.

Answer 4

These are the phases of the moon, or lunar phases.

New moon

Waxing crescent moon

First quarter moon

Waxing gibbous moon

Full moon

Waning gibbous moon

Last quarter moon

Waning crescent moon

Dark moon

Answer 5

It is believed that the moon was formed from a collision between Earth and really big space debris. When Earth was impacted by this huge debris, the remainding parts fell back into space. The earths gravity kept the remainders floating withing a sustainable distance to create our OH so great moon. In an essence, the moon is just a big lump of earth.

Answer 6

new moon, first quarter, full moon, and last quarter.

Answer 7

The four primary stages of the moon are: New moon First quarter Full moon Last /Third quarter

Answer 8

the first phase is moon lol a dollar 3 5 dallar 6 dollar

Another Answer:

New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, Last Quarter.

Answer 9

New, Waxing crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Last quarter and Waning crescent.

Answer 10

A large planetary object hit Earth, blowing out rocky debris. Part of the debris went into orbit around the Earth as the moon.