The moon is Earth's only natural satellite, and is the brightest object in the sky at night. However, the moon itself has no light, but because it reflects light from the sun, it appears as though it has.
As the moon orbits around the Earth, it seems to change its shape. It appears to change from a bright full circle to a crescent, then to complete darkness, and back to a crescent again. This is because we can only see the part of the moon that is lit by the sun.
The different appearances of the moon is known as phases. The moon takes about a month to go around the Earth and, during this time, we can identify eight distinct phases. These phases are named after how much of the moon we can see, and whether the amount visible is increasing, or decreasing each day: New Moon, Waxing (increasing) Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning (decreasing) Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Waning Crescent.
As the moon orbits around the Earth, it seems to change its shape. It appears to change from a bright full circle to a crescent, then to complete darkness, and back to a crescent again. This is because we can only see the part of the moon that is lit by the sun.
The different appearances of the moon is known as phases. The moon takes about a month to go around the Earth and, during this time, we can identify eight distinct phases. These phases are named after how much of the moon we can see, and whether the amount visible is increasing, or decreasing each day: New Moon, Waxing (increasing) Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning (decreasing) Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Waning Crescent.
Click on the image below to see the moon in all its phases.
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