Moon Phases?

Question

i got all this wrong on my test so if ur bord you will answer these.

Period when the amount of lighted side becoms increasingly smaller?

Phase that starts after a full moon?

Period after a new moon when more and more of the lighted side becomes visable?

Phase when the lighted half of the moon is facing the sun and the dark side faces the Earth?

Waxing phase of the moon when you can see half of the lighted side or one-quarter of the moons surface?

Phase of the moon when half of the moons surface is facing Earth is lighted?

Occurs when the moon moves directly between the sun and Earth and casts a shadow on part of the Earth? Solar eclipse? Right?

Please help me.. im an little idiot girl that needs to finish my test :-[ lol

Answer 1

first off the guy above me is wrong. i just did this in school.

wanning cresent(or just wanning)
wanning gibbous
waxing cresent
first quarter
waxing cresent
quarter(1st or 3rd)
solar eclipes

hope this helped! good luck on your test.

Answer 2

Western Method:
1. Waning.
2. waning.
3.waxing
4.waning
5.waxing
6. Waxing
7.Solar Eclipse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse
The phases of the moon are caused by the relative positions of the earth, sun, and moon. The moon goes around the earth in 27.3 days, or 27 days 7 hours 43 minutes, on average. This measurement is relative to the stars and is called the sidereal period or orbital period. However, because of the earth's motion around the sun, a complete moon cycle (New Moon to New Moon) appears to earthbound observers to take a couple of days longer: 29.5305882 days to be exact. This number is called the synodic period or "lunation", and is relative to the sun.

The sun always illuminates the half of the moon facing the sun (except during lunar eclipses, when the moon passes thru the earth's shadow). When the sun and moon are on opposite sides of the earth, the moon appears "full" to us, a bright, round disk. When the moon is between the earth and the sun, it appears dark, a "new" moon. In between, the moon's illuminated surface appears to grow (wax) to full, then decreases (wanes) to the next new moon.

The edge of the shadow (the terminator) is always curved, being an oblique view of a circle, giving the moon its familiar crescent shape. Because the "horns" of the moon at the ends of the crescent are always facing away from the setting or rising sun, they always point upward in the sky. It is fun to watch for paintings and pictures which show an "impossible moon" with the horns pointed downwards.

(some of above information courtesy of NASA http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov)


New Moon
Waxing Crescent
First Quarter
Waxing Gibbous
Full Moon
Waning Gibbous
Last Quarter
Waning Crescent
http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/moon_phases.phtml.
The eastern Method.
Moon faces were used to caluclate numbers and days. Before solar calender, we used lunar calender. A month is divided into two according to the size of the moon. starting from the no moon day, ( it is called the white section) we count, 1. Prdhama, 2.Dwideeya, 3. thridheeya, 4. Chadurthi,5 Panjami, 6 Shashti, 7. Sapthami, 8 Ashtami, 9,Navami, 10 Dhasami, 11. Ekadhasi, 12. Dwadasi, 13 Thryodashi, 14, Chadurdashi, 15 Panjadhashi- Full moon.
then starts the black Section also called - Krishnapaksham.
Please note that these calculations are mpore than 5000 years old. And the counts were there long before.

Answer 3

First some "dynamic" terms:

Waxing: period during which the lit portion of the Moon increases.
Waning: period during which the lit portion of the Moon decreases.

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The Moon is spherical so that there is always one half of the Moon being lit and one half in the dark. The shape we see depends on where the lit part of the Moon faces, compared to us on Earth (the lit part always points to the Sun).

The phases of the Moon usually begin when the Moon appears to be in the same direction as the Sun. The lit side is then facing away from us (we only "see" the dark side -- meaning we see nothing). This is called New Moon because it begins a new cycle. For many Asian cultures, this marks the beginning of the lunar month.

As the Moon moves away from the Sun (by 12 degrees per day), each day we should see a sliver that increases in size (a waxing Crescent Moon). For most people, the Moon has to be at least 20 degrees away for the Sun to be seen (very low in the west just after sunset) as a thin crescent. In the Muslim calendar, the date of the first possible sighting marks the beginning of the month.

One week after New Moon, the Moon is 90 degrees away from the Sun, it has gone one quarter of the way around in its orbit. That is why the phase is called First Quarter. We see it half-lit and half dark. Because it is 90 degrees from the Sun (one quarter of 360 degrees), it is 6 hours behind the Sun (one quarter of 24 hours): it rises around noon and sets approximately 6 hours after the Sun.
For people in the northern hemisphere, the First Quarter Moon looks like a capital D.

A few days after First Quarter, it looks like the First Quarter Moon with an added hump: it is a waxing Gibbous Moon. Gibbous is from a latin word meaning "humped" or "swelling".

Two weeks (or so) after New Moon, the Moon is half-way in its orbit. It is opposite the Sun, as seen from Earth. The lit side faces us and we see the full circle: it is the Full Moon.
We could have called it the Half-Moon (because of half the orbit being completed) but that would have been confusing with the appearance at First Quarter (and it is less poetic than the Full Moon).
Being opposite to the Sun, it rises at sunset and sets at sunrise.

A few days later, we notice that it has been decreasing (it is now waning). It is a waning Gibbous Moon.

One week after the Full Moon, it is now three quarters of the way in its orbit: Third Quarter Moon. It is now 18 hours behind the Sun (or 6 hours ahead of the next day): the Moon rises around midnight and sets around noon.

The time period between Full Moon and Third Quarter is the time that most people notice the Moon being out during the day (in the morning).

After Third Quarter, the Moon continues to wane, becoming a thinner and thinner crescent in the morning just before sunrise, until it is too close to the sun to be seen (because of the glare of the sun and of the smallness of the crescent); it finally complets the orbit and we begin with the next New Moon.

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At New Moon, if the Moon is EXACTLY in line with the Sun, it will cover it and cast a shadow on Earth. People standing inside this shadow cone will see a solar eclipse (the sun is hidden by the Moon).

At Full Moon, if the Moon is EXACTLY in line with the Earth and the Sun, the Earth will cast a shadow on the Moon: it is a lunar eclipse (the Moon no longer receives the light from the Sun).

Which is which? "eclipse" mean to disappear. In a "solar" eclipse, the Sun disappears. In a "lunar" eclipse, the Moon (in Latin: Luna) disappears.

Because the Moon's orbit is tilted relative to Earth's orbit around the Sun, there is not an eclipse every time the Moon is new or full. Most of the time, the alignment is not close enough.

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idiot girls (and boys) are those who refuse to ask questions and wallow in their ignorance. You do not appear to fit the category.


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PS: I sure hope that Mariah does not mean me. However, if she does, I'm willing to correct my answer.

Answer 4

(1) Waning(full moon to new moon)
(2)Last quarter
(3)Waxing(new moon to full moon
(4)New moon
(5) First quarter
(6) Full moon
(7) You are correct;it is solar eclipse.

Answer 5

Hi Mimi. Do not let the names of the phases get in the way of enjoying the sight! They are just names, and only in English. Waxing means getting bigger, as a candle thickens each time it is dipped in hot wax.

Answer 6

1.Waning
2.Waning
3.Waxing
4.Waning
5. 1/4 moons surface
6.Waxing
7. Lunar eclipse