Phases of moon

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PHASES OF MOON

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• KHUSHI MATTU

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WHAT ARE PHASES OF MOON
Our Moon orbits around our planet, and this
Earth-Moon system orbits around the Sun.Even
though we only see light on part of the Moon,
from the perspective of the Sun, half of it is
always illuminated. Stuck here on Earth, we see
the Moon in various phases of illumination as it
completes a 27.3 day orbit around the Earth. As
The Moon travels around us we see it pass through
its phases. It goes from New Moon, to Full Moon
and back to new Moon again. Crescent Moons are
when its less than half illuminated, and gibbous
when its more than half. Waxing means that the
Moon becomes more illuminated night-by-night, and
the term waning means that its getting less
illuminated each night.
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NEW MOON
New Moon When the illuminated side of the Moon
is away from the Earth. The Moon and the Sun are
lined up on the same side of the Earth, so we can
only see the shadowed side. This is also the time
that you can experience solar eclipses, when the
Moon passes directly in front of the Sun and
casts a shadow onto the surface of the Earth.
During a new moon, we can also see the reflected
light from the Earth, since no sunlight is
falling on the Moon this is known as earthshine.
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Waxing CRESCENT MOON
Crescent The crescent moon is the first sliver
of the Moon that we can see. From the northern
hemisphere, the crescent moon has the illuminated
edge of the Moon on the right. This situation is
reversed for the southern hemisphere.
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FIRST QUARTER MOON
First Quarter Although its called a quarter
moon, we actually see this phase when the Moon is
half illuminated. This means that the Sun and the
Moon make a 90-degree angle compared to the Earth.
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WAXING GIBBOUS MOON
Waxing Gibbous This phase of the Moon occurs
when the Moon is more illuminated that half, but
its not yet a full Moon.
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FULL MOON
Full Moon This is the phase when the Moon is
brightest in the sky. From our perspective here
on Earth, the Moon is fully illuminated by the
light of the Sun. This is also the time of the
lunar month when you can see lunar eclipses
these occur when the Moon passes through the
shadow of the Earth.
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WANING GIBBOUS MOON
Waning Gibbous In this lunar phase, the Moon is
less than fully illuminated, but more than half.
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LAST QUARTER MOON
Last Quarter At this point of the lunar cycle,
the Moon has reached half illumination. Now its
the left-hand side of the Moon thats
illuminated, and the right-hand side in darkness
(from a northern hemisphere perspective).
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Waning crescent moon
Crescent This is the final sliver of
illuminated moon we can see before the Moon goes
into darkness again.
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