astronomy 1504 | lecture tutorial | predicting moon phases

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waning gibbous

if the Sun set below your western horizon about 2 hours ago, and the moon is barely visible on the eastern horizon, what phase would the moon be in at this time and location?

waning, left

if the moon is a full tonight, will the moon be waxing or waning one week later? waxing or waning right or left

the observer would still see the new moon phase because it takes 3.6 days to complete one phase

if the moon is a new moon when it rises, which if the phases will it be when it sets?

it would be a waning crescent moon on the eastern horizon

a friend comments to you that there was a beautiful, thin silver of Moon visible in the early morning just before sunrise. which phase of the moon would this be and in what direction would you look to see the moon?

9 PM

at what time will the moon show appear highest in the sky?

3 PM

at what time will the moon show appear to rise?

3 AM

at what time will the moon shown appear to set?

6 PM

at what time would you look to see a first quarter moon when it is highest in the sky?

12 PM

what time is it for the person shown in the figure?

on the eastern horizon at approximately at 6 PM

where would you look to see the full moon when it starts to rise?

in the east at 6 AM because a new moon rises with the sun

where would you look to see the new moon, if it were visible when it starts to rise? what time would this happen?

on the western horizon, opposite of the moon

where would you look to see the sun when the full moon starts to rise?

Waxing Gibbous

which moon phase would the observer see?


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