It takes 27 days for the Moon to orbit Earth. For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light. Use observations of the Sun, Moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. The Moon displays these eight phases one after the other as it moves through its cycle each month. 🌘 Waning Crescent: In the Northern Hemisphere, we see the waning crescent phase as a thin crescent of light on the left. It is the opposite half as illuminated in the first quarter moon. 🌗 Third Quarter: We see the third quarter moon as a half moon, too. 🌖 Waning Gibbous: The waning gibbous phase is between a full moon and a half moon. 🌕 Full: We can see the Moon completely illuminated during full moons. 🌔 Waxing Gibbous: The waxing gibbous phase is between a half moon and full moon. 🌓 First Quarter: We see the first quarter phase as a half moon. 🌒 Waxing Crescent: In the Northern Hemisphere, we see the waxing crescent phase as a thin crescent of light on the right. 🌑 New: We cannot see the Moon when it is a new moon. During the new moon, the side facing Earth is dark. At that point, the far side of the Moon is facing the Sun. Eventually, the Moon reaches a point in its orbit when we don’t see any of the Moon illuminated. When we have a full view of the completely illuminated side of the Moon, that phase is known as a full moon.īut following the night of each full moon, as the Moon orbits around Earth, we start to see less of the Moon lit by the Sun. On Earth, our view of the illuminated part of the Moon changes each night, depending on where the Moon is in its orbit, or path, around Earth.
The position of the Moon and the Sun during Each of the Moon’s phases and the Moon as it appears from Earth during each phase.
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