phases of moon

The moon is the largest and the

brightest object we see in the night
sky.
Earth has only 1 moon. There are
over 200 moons in the solar system.
Moon is a natural satellite of a planet
and orbits around a planet.
Moon makes a complete orbit around
the Earth at every 27.3 days.
Earth’s moon is the fifth largest
moon of the solar system. The
diameter of moon is 3474 km.
total 4 moons can fit into Earth.
Moon has less gravity and weight
than Earth.
The shape of moon changes as it
orbits around the Earth. We can
see only the part of the moon
that is lit by the Sun.
The phases of moon are:

new moon
waxing crescent
first quarter
waxing gibbous
full moon
waning gibbous
third quarter
waning crescent