The different moon phases are (in order):
their are 8 moon phases but there is only 4 Major ones witch are (new moon first quarter full Moon and third quarter and last)
1st is New Moon
2nd is Waxing Moon
3rd is 1/4 Quarter Moon
4th Waxing Gibbous
5th Full Moon
6th Waning Gibbous
7th 1/4 Quarter Moon
Finally Waning Crescent
-- New Moon
-- (waxing crescent)
-- First Quarter
-- (waxing gibbous)
-- Full Moon
-- (waning gibbous)
-- Third Quarter
-- (waning crescent)
-- New Moon
First the new moon, then a waxing crescent, then on to the first quarter moon, the waxing gibbous moon, the Full Moon, that leans toward the waning gibbous moon, the last quarter moon, then waning crescent moon; just only to re-turn again.
New moon (Not visible)
Waxing crescent
First quarter
Waxing gibbous
Full moon (Fully visible)
Waning gibbous
Last quarter
Waning crescent
(then Back to new moon)
The moon phases are an interesting subject to study on:
New Moon
Waxing Crescent
First Quarter
Waxing Gibbous
Full Moon
Waning Gibbous
Last Quarter
Waning Crescent
Dear Wiki Questioner,
The moon has 8 distinct phases. In order of one complete cycle they are:
1) New Moon, this occurs when the moon is between the earth and the sun, and no light can reflect off of the moon and onto us. As a result, it is difficult to see the moon when it is in this phase!
2) Waxing Crescent, This occurs when the Moon is in position to just reflect a little bit of sunlight (so we can only see a little sliver!). The word "Waxing" simply means "getting bigger," because the moon is changing from completely dark to more and more bright.
3) 1/4 Moon, This occurs when half of the side of the moon that we can see reflects light from the sun to the earth.
4) Waxing Gibbous, You already know what "waxing" means (see part 2!). "Gibbous" simply means that more than half of the side of the moon that we see from earth is light up.
5) Full Moon, As the name indicates, this happens when we see the entire moon light by the sun's light!
6) Waning Gibbous, "Waning" is the opposite of "Waxing" and indicates that the moon is changing from full back to new (instead of the other way around). Gibbous, again, means that more than half (but not all) of the side of the moon that we see is reflecting the sun's light to earth.
7) 3/4 Moon, Here again we see only half of the earth-facing side illuminated by the sun, but it is Waning (unlike the 1/4 moon).
8) Waning Crescent, Here we are back to a point where only a small part of the moon (less than half) can reflect sunlight to earth.
...And then we return to (1) The New Moon to complete our Lunar Cycle!!!
If you are curious, the phases of the moon are caused by the relative geometry of the sun, earth and moon. Draw out a sketch of this geometry and you should be able to think of a configuration which allows earth to view each of the phases!!!
If you want to read more about this subject you can visit the following web page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase
1. New moon
2. Young moon
3. Waxing crescent
4. First 1/4
5. Waxing gibbous
6. Full moon
7. Waning gibbous
8. Last 1/4
9. Waning crescent
10. Old moon
Full Moon, New Moon, Waxing gibbious, waning gibbious, first quarter, last quarter, waxing crescent, and waning crescent
The Order of the phases are...
New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning bibbous, third quarter, waning crescent.
Those are the phases of the moon!
Yes, half of the moon is always lit because it faces the sun.
Lunar eclipses happen at the full moon.
The moon's orbital period is the same as its rotational period, so the same side of the moon always faces the earth.
Solar eclipses can only occur at the new moon, while all lunar eclipses happen at the full moon.
The Moon always presents the same side of itself to Earth, thus nobody had seen the other side of the Moon (i.e. the other half) until a rocket orbited the Moon.
Moon has 15 faces
The Faces of the Moon was created in 2001.
The ISBN of Faces in the Moon is 0806127740.
Faces in the Moon was created in 1994.
Faces in the Moon has 193 pages.
The four faces of the moon are called the Phases of the Moon. They are the New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Last Quarter.
The "faces" are just "wrinkles," or imperfections, on the moon. The moon is like the earth and has valleys, and mountains. From far, far away, we see "faces" because of the wrinkles.
Yes, half of the moon is always lit because it faces the sun.
it has moon faces because as we move around the sun the moon moves around us and the earth gives off a shadow witch makes moon faces.
12 faces on moon
a full moon
Faces of War happened in 2006.