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    The document summarizes key facts about the Moon's phases and orbit around Earth. It notes that the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it revolves around Earth, keeping the same face toward us. This is why we never see the far side of the Moon. It describes the different phases like new moon, full moon, crescent moon, and gibbous moon that occur as the Moon orbits and its illuminated area waxes and wanes over each lunar month. Rare blue moons can occur when there are two full moons in one calendar month.

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    The document summarizes key facts about the Moon's phases and orbit around Earth. It notes that the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it revolves around Earth, keeping the same face toward us. This is why we never see the far side of the Moon. It describes the different phases like new moon, full moon, crescent moon, and gibbous moon that occur as the Moon orbits and its illuminated area waxes and wanes over each lunar month. Rare blue moons can occur when there are two full moons in one calendar month.

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    The document summarizes key facts about the Moon's phases and orbit around Earth. It notes that the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it revolves around Earth, keeping the same face toward us. This is why we never see the far side of the Moon. It describes the different phases like new moon, full moon, crescent moon, and gibbous moon that occur as the Moon orbits and its illuminated area waxes and wanes over each lunar month. Rare blue moons can occur when there are two full moons in one calendar month.

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    The Moon

    It's Just a Phase It's Going Through...

    Moon

    Our planet's large natural satellite, the Moon, is the easiest astronomical object to observe. The only "scientific instrument" you'll need at first is a pair of eyes.

    Picture from NASA

    The Moon's Orbit

    Rotation
    Moon is spinning on its axis

    Revolution
    The moon orbits around the Earth It takes the moon approximately one month to go around the Earth.

    Why do we never see the DARK SIDE?

    Synchronous Rotation is the reason we never see the dark side of the moon. Over the millennia, the Moon has become "locked" into a special kind of motion around the Earth. It rotates on its axis at the same pace as it revolves around the Earth As a result, the Moon keeps the same face toward us throughout its orbit.

    Phases

    The lighted side of the moon always faces the sun.

    New Moon

    What we see

    New moon occurs when the moon is between the sun & the Earth. The dark side of the What is happening from above. moon is facing the Earth. E

    Sunlight

    Full Moon

    What we see

    The full moon occurs when the Moon & the Sun are on opposite sides of the Earth. What is happening from above. The lighted side of the moon is facing Earth.
    E

    Sunlight

    Full Moon

    The full moon is given different names, depending on when it appears. For example, the "Harvest moon" is the full moon that appears nearest to the Autumnal Equinox, occurring in late September or early October. Some other full moon names (by month) include January Moon After Yule, Wolf Moon, or Old Moon February Snow Moon or Hunger Moon March Sap Moon, Crow Moon, or Lenten Moon April Grass Moon or Egg Moon May Milk Moon or Planting Moon June Rose Moon, Flower Moon, or Strawberry Moon July Thunder Moon or Hay Moon August Grain Moon or Green Corn Moon September Fruit Moon or Harvest Moon October Harvest Moon or Hunter's Moon November Hunter's Moon or Frosty Moon, December Moon Before Yule or Long Night Moon.

    Blue Moon
    When there is more than one full moon in a month, the second moon is called a blue moon. A blue moon happens every two years on average. The phrase, Once in a blue moon means very rarely or very seldom or almost never.

    First Quarter Moon

    What we see

    The First quarter moon occurs when the moon is halfway between new and full. As seen from the Earth, half the moons What is happening from above. disk is illuminated. E

    Sunlight

    Third Quarter Moon

    What we see

    The Third or last quarter moon occurs halfway between the full moon & the new moon. As seen from the Earth, half the moons disk is illuminated. What is happening from above.
    E

    Sunlight

    Waxing
    When the moon is between new & full, the visible part of the moon is increasing. This is called waxing

    Sunlight

    Waning

    When the moon is between full & new, the visible part of the moon is decreasing. This is called waning.

    Sunlight

    Crescent Moon

    Full Moon

    When the moon is between New & 1st Quarter it is called a waxing crescent.

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    3rd Quarter
    Waning

    1st Quarter

    When the moon


    is between 3rd & New it is called a waning crescent.

    Crescent New Moon

    Waxing Crescent

    Sunlight

    Gibbous Moon

    Full Moon Waning

    When the moon is between 1st Quarter & Full it is called a waxing gibbous.

    Waning Gibbous

    Gibbous

    E
    3rd Quarter 1st Quarter

    When the moon


    is between Full & 3rd it is called a waning gibbous.
    Waning Crescent New Moon Waxing Crescent

    Sunlight

    Moon Movie

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