Phase 1 - New Moon - The side of the moon that is facing the Earth is not lit up by the sun. At this time the moon is not visible.Phase 2 - Waxing Crescent - A small part (less than 1/2) of the moon is lit up at this point. The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger.Phase 3 - First Quarter - One half of the moon is lit up by the sun at this point. The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger.Phase 4 - Waxing Gibbous - At this time half of the moon is lit up. The part that is lit is slowly getting bigger. Waxing means to slowly get bigger.Phase 5 - Full Moon - The side of the moon that is lit up by the sun is facing the Earth. The entire moon is lit up at this point.Phase 6 - Waning Gibbous - The moon is not quite lit up all the way by sunlight. The part of the moon this is lit is slowly getting smaller. Waning means to slowly get smaller.Phase 7 - Last Quarter - Half of the moon is lit up but the sun. The part that we can see lit up is slowly getting smaller.Phase 8 - Waning Crescent - A small part of the moon is lit up at this point. It is getting smaller by the minute.
The thing that is going on with the 8 phases of the moon is that they change because the amout of sun light that is being reflected of off of the moon reflects on the moon.
The moon phases are called "phases" because they refer to the different shapes or appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth at different points in its orbit. These phases are a result of the changing relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
The stages of the Moon, are referred to as the 'Phases of the Moon'.
The apparent changes in the shape of the moon are called lunar phases. These phases include the waxing and waning crescent, first and third quarter, and waxing and waning gibbous, leading to the primary phases of new moon and full moon.
there are 8 phases of the moon: new moon, waxing cresent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning cresent. then it goes back to mew moon and repeats itself over and over again.
There are only 8 phases of the moon.
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The thing that is going on with the 8 phases of the moon is that they change because the amout of sun light that is being reflected of off of the moon reflects on the moon.
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The moon phases are called "phases" because they refer to the different shapes or appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth at different points in its orbit. These phases are a result of the changing relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.