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Full moon

Phase opposite of the New Moon.

Third Quarter

Phase that comes 1 week before the New Moon.

Waxing Gibbous

Phase that comes before the Full Moon.

New Moon

Phase where no visible light is seen from Earth.

Gibbous

Shape of light that is about 75% visible.

Crescent

Shape of the light that is about 25% visible.

Waning

Visible light is decreasing.

Waxing

Visible light is increasing.

Waning Gibbous

Visible light shaped like a football on the left side of the Moon.

First Quarter

One fourth of the way through the lunar cycle.

Month

It takes about a ___________ for the Moon to revolve around the Earth.

Waning Crescent

The light on the left is about 25% visible from Earth.

Revolution

The movement of an object around another object

orbit

The path the Moon travels around the Earth.

Waxing Crescent

The phase that comes after the new moon.

Lunar cycle

The predictable pattern of the Moon's orbit around the Earth.


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