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    The document discusses the phases and shapes of the moon as seen from Earth. It explains that the moon appears to change shapes throughout its orbit because different parts of the moon reflect sunlight depending on where it is relative to the Earth and sun. The shapes include a crescent, gibbous, quarter, and full moon, and the moon is seen to wax and wane as it transitions between these phases over the course of a month.

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    The document discusses the phases and shapes of the moon as seen from Earth. It explains that the moon appears to change shapes throughout its orbit because different parts of the moon reflect sunlight depending on where it is relative to the Earth and sun. The shapes include a crescent, gibbous, quarter, and full moon, and the moon is seen to wax and wane as it transitions between these phases over the course of a month.

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    The document discusses the phases and shapes of the moon as seen from Earth. It explains that the moon appears to change shapes throughout its orbit because different parts of the moon reflect sunlight depending on where it is relative to the Earth and sun. The shapes include a crescent, gibbous, quarter, and full moon, and the moon is seen to wax and wane as it transitions between these phases over the course of a month.

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    Shapes of the Moon

    Full Moon New Moon

    Crescent Gibbous
    Why Does the Moon
    Appear to Change Shape?
    The Moon
    reflects the
    Sun’s light.

    What part we see


    Sunlight
    of the Moon
    depends on
    where the Moon
    is when orbiting
    the Earth.
    Waxing and Waning

    Waning means that


    we can see less of
    the Moon.

    Waxing means that


    we can see more of
    the Moon.
    First Quarter

    Waxing Waxing
    Gibbous Crescent

    Sunlight

    full moon new moon

    Waning Waning
    Gibbous Crescent

    Last Quarter
    Are these moons
    waxing or waning?

    Waning Waxing Last Waning


    Gibbous Crescent Quarter Crescent
    (waning)
    Do you know what
    a blue moon is?

    A Blue Moon is a term


    for the second of two
    full moons in a single
    calendar month.
    Another definition says
    a Blue Moon is the
    third of four full moons
    in a single season.
    Who was the first
    person on the Moon?

    Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, 1969

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