The Phases of Moon by https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt Teach Moon Phases for Kids! en-us 2021-05-16 11:56:40 UTC 2024-05-19 05:21:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f31a.png New Moon ranaberro536 https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528345046 The moon is not visible from Earth. 

The moon is between the Sun and the Earth.

The dark side is facing us.

This phase lasts one night.

]]> 2021-05-16 12:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528345046 Waxing Crescent ranaberro536 https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528347146 Waxing means that the bright side is increasing. The right side is the bright side.

Less than one half of the moon is illuminated.

This phase includes any visible moon from a small sliver to almost half. 

]]> 2021-05-16 12:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528347146 First Quarter ranaberro536 https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528350912 The entire right side of the moon is illuminated.

The moon looks like a half circle.

The illuminated side is increasing. 

This phase only lasts one night.

]]> 2021-05-16 12:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528350912 Waxing Gibbous ranaberro536 https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528352676 Gibbous means that more than one half is visible, but it is not quite full.

This phase includes the night after the first quarter to the night before the full moon. 

]]> 2021-05-16 12:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528352676 Full Moon ranaberro536 https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528353949 The moon is full and bright.  It looks like a large circle.

The illuminated side is facing us.

Only happens one night per lunation.

]]> 2021-05-16 12:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528353949 Waning Gibbous ranaberro536 https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528355265 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.

]]> 2021-05-16 12:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528355265 Last Quarter ranaberro536 https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528356684 Left Half of the moon is illuminated. 

The illuminated side is decreasing.

This phase also only lasts for one night.

]]> 2021-05-16 12:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528356684 Waning Crescent ranaberro536 https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528358112 Less than one half of the moon is illuminated. 

The moon will continue to become smaller and smaller.

]]> 2021-05-16 12:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528358112 Why does the moon have phases? ranaberro536 https://padlet.com/ranaberro536/80dt/wish/1528361440 The revolution of the Moon around the Earth causes the Moon to appear to have phases.

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