moon phases - The changing appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth, new moon - Moon phase that occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, at which point the Moon cannot be seen because its lighted half is facing the Sun and its dark side faces Earth., first quarter moon - The moon is a quarter of the way around the Earth. You can see the right half of the moon., full moon - the phase of the moon in which we see the entire moon lighted; it appears bright and round, third quarter moon - The phase of the moon when it is three-quarters of the way through its orbit; we see the left half of the moon illuminated, crescent moon - the phase of the moon on either side of the new moon in which we only see a curved edge of the moon illuminated; can be either waxing or waning, gibbous moon - the phase of the moon on either side of the full moon in which we see more than half of the moon illuminated; can be either waxing or waning, waxing moon - When the Moon appears to get bigger each night as it goes toward the full moon (Right Returning), waning moon - When the Moon appears to get smaller each night as it goes toward the new moon (Left Lit Leaving), New Moon photo, Waxing Crescent photo, First Quarter photo, Waxing Gibbous photo, Full Moon photo, Waning Gibbous photo, Third Quarter photo, Waning Crescent photo, Solar Eclipse - The moon is between the earth and sun and casts a shadow on the earth; we cannot see the sun, Lunar Eclipse - The earth is between the sun and the moon and casts a shadow on the moon; the moon becomes dark because it cannot receive sunlight, Umbra - The darkest part of a shadow; causes total eclipses,

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