Phases Of The Moon Flashcards
waxing crescent
This accrues during the phases when part of the moon begins to show, the lunar silver is soon happens for only a couple of minutes just after the the sun sets.
(We say waxing because every time the moon shows itself a little bit more is visible for a little bit longer)
New moon
When the side of the moon is facing the earth but is not illuminated, the moon is up throughout the day and down during night because of this we can not see the moon while these phases accrue
first quarter
Half of the moon is shown in the evening then it goes down leaving the sky dark
waxing gibbous
When the moon is in contact to the human eye, observers can only see but a little silver on the moon, during that current phase the moon remains in the sky most of the night
full moon
When we can see the entire face of the moon. It begins in the evening and sets are the time morning ushers in
waning gibbous
Similar to the waxing gibbous moon this phase, we can see all but the silver of the moon. And the difference is instead of see more of the moon we see less
third/last quarter
When we can see exactly half of the moons lite surface
waning crescent
Observers can only see the small silver of the moon, but only just before morning
eclipse
When a object in space comes between the sun and another object is creates a eclipse
Phases
Different shapes of the moon we see on earth that is reflected from the sun and its light
solar eclipse
A solar eclipse accrues when the moon stands right in between the sun and the earth blocking the sunlight
lunar eclipse
It’s when the earth stands directly in front of the sun and the moon when the moon was full