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Mo12-L3b: What are the Different Phases of the Moon?

What are the Different Phases of waxing phase
Mo12–L3b
the Moon?
phases of the Moon during which more of the lit
part of the Moon is visible each night.
KEY CONCEPTS:
1. Why does the Moon’s appearance change?
waning phase

phases of the Moon during which less of the lit
Vocabulary A-Z part of the Moon is visible each night.

Let us learn some vocabulary

phase

the lit part of the Moon or a planet that can be
seen from Earth.

Let’s Begin

The Moon’s Motion

Because the Moon takes the same amount of time to orbit Earth and make one rotation, the same side of the
Moon is always facing Earth.

This side of the Moon
is called the near side.

The side of the Moon
that cannot be see
from Earth is called
the far side of the
moon.

The lit part of the
Moon or a planet that
can be seen from
Earth is called a
phase.

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