The Moon Earths natural satellite Moon Facts The

The Moon Earth’s natural satellite

Moon Facts • The moon orbits the Earth & both orbit the sun together. • The moon rotates and revolves counterclockwise. • Half of the moon is lit by the sun at all times.

The moon goes through the moon phases cycle every 29. 59 days

Moon phase notes New moon : The moon phases start here.

Waxing- means the lit side of the moon grows larger and is always on the right

Moon phase notes Waxing Crescent New moon : The moon phases start here.

Moon phase notes 1 st Quarter Waxing Crescent New moon : The moon phases start here.

Moon phase notes Waxing Gibbous 1 st Quarter Waxing Crescent New moon : The moon phases start here.

Moon phase notes 1 st Quarter Waxing Gibbous Full Moon Waxing Crescent New moon : The moon phases start here.

Waning – means that the lit side of the moon is growing smaller and is always on the left.

Moon phase notes 1 st Quarter Waxing Gibbous Full Moon Waning Gibbous Waxing Crescent New moon : The moon phases start here.

Moon phase notes 1 st Quarter Waxing Gibbous New moon : The Full Moon moon phases start here. 3 rd Quarter Waning Gibbous Waxing Crescent

Moon phase notes 1 st Quarter Waxing Gibbous Waxing Crescent New moon : The Full Moon moon phases start here. 3 rd Quarter Waning Gibbous Waning Crescent

Tides • Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.

Spring tide • Happens during the new moon and full moon phases. • This causes very large tides at the equator and very small tides at the poles

Neap tides • This happens during the 1 st and 3 rd quarter moon phase. • High tides are not very large (lower than normal) • Low tides are not very small (higher than normal)

Eclipses

Lunar Eclipse • This happens when the earth passes between the sun and the moon. – The Earth puts a shadow over the moon, blocking out the vision of the moon. • This does not happen every full moon

Solar Eclipse • This happens when the moon is directly between the earth and sun. – The moon puts a small shadow some place on the Earth blocking out the vision of the sun. – This doesn’t happen for every new moon phase