The document discusses the phases of the moon. It explains that the moon appears to change shapes due to the revolution of the moon and earth. There are eight phases of the moon: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning crescent. Each phase is described in terms of the portion of the moon that is illuminated and how long it lasts.
2. Phases of the moon
•The moon changes it’s shape due to it’s due to moon and earth’s revolution.
•The shapes of the moon are known as phases of the moon.
•There are 8 phases of the moon they are:
New moon
Waxing crecent
First quater
Waxing gibbous
Full moon
Waning gibbous
Last quater
Waning cresent
3. NEW MOON
•The moon is not visible
from earth.
•The moon is between the
sun and earth.
•The dark side is facing us.
•This phase lasts 1 night.
4. WAXING CRECENT
•Waxing means increasing.
•The bright side is
increasing.
•The right is the bright side.
•Less than 1 half of the moon
is illuminated.
5. FIRST QUATER
•The entire right sid e of the
moon is iiluminated.
•The moon looks like a half
circle.
•The illuminated side is
increasing.
•This phase lasts only 1
night.
6. WAXING GIBBOUS
•Gibbous means more
than 1 half
• But it’s not quite full.
•This phase includes the
night after the first
quater to the night
before full moon.
7. FULL MOON
•The moon is full and
bright
•It looks like a large circle.
•The illuminated side is
facing us.
•Only happens 1 night per
lunation.
8. WANING GIBBOUS
•The moon appears more
than half but not quite full.
•Waning means, that the
illuminated side is
decreasing.
•The left side is the bright
side.
9. LAST QUATER
•Left half of the moon is
illuminated
•The illuminated side is
decreasing.
•The phase lasts for 1 night.
10. WANING CRECENT
•Less than 1 half of the moon
is illuminated.
•The moon will continue to
become smaller and smaller.
•The process will happen
again and again.
