Lesson on the Moon

The parts of the moon we see from earth is the same side.

​The causes of the moons phases to change each night is because of the alignment between the Earth, Moon, and Sun determines the amount of light reflected by the Moon.

About 28 days is how long it takes the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth

​The phase new moon is the phase when you can't see the moon at all.

​More phases of the moon

​As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is waning.

Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as waxing.

The cycle of the moon lasts about a month.

The following words describe the phases of the moon wich is new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, and full moon.