TASKImpress your family and friends by telling them the phases of the

moon

LUNAR PHASES Taken from Utah Core Solar System

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXseTWTZlks&feature=related

Get READY to Learn the names of each phase of the Moon!!!!

What is the phase of the Moon Today? http://aa.usno.navy.mil/idltemp/current_moon.php

TERMS & FACTS

What do we mean by the phase of the moon?The changing shape of the bright part of the Moon that we see. What causes the different phases of the Moon? As the Moon makes its way around the Earth, we see the bright parts of the Moon's surface at different angles. How long does it take the moon to complete one orbit around the earth?The moon goes around the Earth in a Lunar Moon or 29.5 days. The Moon can sometimes be seen in the daytime and sometimes in the night time AND each phase last for about two days.

THE MOON IS BETWEEN THE SUN

AND THE EARTH.

WE SEE THE SIDE WHICH IS NOT

LIT, SO THE MOON APPEARS

DARK TO US.

TIME: 6:00 A.M.-6P.M.

HIGHEST : NOON (BUT WE

CANNOT SEE IT!)

NEW MOON

1.Waxing Crescent Moon

Night Moon"Waxing" means increasing, or growing larger

“Crescent” can mean thin moon or the shape of a banana.

Time: 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.

Highest: 3:00p.m.

Waxing Phases

Quarter moonSometimes its called Half Moon

because only half of the moon's surface is visible from

Earth

2. First quarter-NightYou can tell when the moon is fi rst quarter because the sun-lit side

is on the right side . At this phase the moon is getting

brighter , on its way to Full Moon.

Time: Noon-Midnight

Highest 6:00p.m.

3.Waxing Gibbous Moon

A gibbous moon is a very bright moon.

The word gibbous comes from a root word that means hump-backed. You can see the hump-

backed shape of the waxing gibbous moon.

Closer to Full Moon

Time: 3:00p.m.-3a.m.

Highest: 9 p.m.

Full moon always comes about two weeks after new moon.

At this phase the Earth is between the sun and the moon.

A Full Moon is the only moon phase that shines the whole night through!!!Time: 6:00p.m.-6:00a.m.Highest: Midnight

4.FULL MOON

6. Last Quarter moonSimilar to first quarter

A third or last quarter moon shows the sunlit side of the moon on the left.

We probably never see this phase of the moon at night because it rises very late

Time: Midnight-Noon

Highest: 6:00a.m.

5.Waning Gibbous Moon

Remember how bright a gibbous moon is?

On its way to Last Quarter Moon

Time: 9:00p.m.-9a.m.

Highest: 3:00 a.m.

Waning Phases

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“waning” means decreasing, or

getting smaller

It is also shaped like a banana!!!!

The best time to see it is just before

sunrise

THEN BACK TO NEW MOON!!!

Time:3:00a.m-3:p.m.

Highest: 9:00 a.m.

Moon Simulator:

http://

astro.unl.edu/naap/lps/animations/lps.html

7. Waning crescent

moonMorning Crescent

MOON PHASES MATCHING GAMEFULL MOON

WAXING GIBBOUS

FIRST QUARTER

WAXING CRESCENT

NEW MOON

THIRD (LAST) QUARTER

WANING CRESCENT

WANING GIBBOUS

Annie Manuta & Janeth Paredes

References:Astronomy Class NotesUEN UT core k-12 Solar Systemhttp://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/moon/phases.html

MOON CALENDAR!!!http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases_calendar.phtmlThe moon today http://aa.usno.navy.mil/idltemp/current_moon.phpFUN INTERACTIVE-” Man in the Moon”http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/mim.htmSimulator lunar phaseshttp://astro.unl.edu/naap/lps/animations/lps.swf

Lunar phase interactive http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600::/sites/dl/free/007299181x/78778/Lunar_Nav.swf::Lunar%20Phases%20Interactive