The Regular cycle of the Earth Moon system'

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The Lunar Cycle

• The Regular cycle of the Earth- Moon system.
• It takes 29.5 days for the moon to move through
  the phases.
• Moon orbits Earth because of gravity between them.

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New Moon

• Cycle begins at the new moon
• The moon is not visible from the earth

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Waxing Crescent

• You begin to see more of the moon as it appears
  to grow or WAX.

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1st Quarter Moon

• You see half of the lighted side of the moon

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Waxing Gibbous

• The moon continues to wax.

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Full Moon

• You see the whole lighted side of the moon

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Waning Gibbous

• The moon appears to get shrink or, WANE

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3rd Quarter Moon

• You see half of the lighted side of the moon

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Waning Crescent

• You see a crescent again.

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New Moon

• The Cycle begins again, 29.5 days later

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Lunar Eclipse
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Solar Eclipse
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Tides

• The daily rise and fall of earths water on the
  coastlines.

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Tides occur about every 12 hours and 25 minutes
apart
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What Causes Tides?

• Gravity between the Sun, Earth and Moon causes
  the tides

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Low Tide
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High Tide