Flashcards
Moon phases
Cards in this deck (19)
- 1pinkNew Moon (12 pm) - overhead at noon
- 2purplewaxing crescent (3 pm)
- 3dark blue/indigoFirst quarter moon (6 pm) - sunset
- 4light/sky bluewaxing gibbous (9 pm)
- 5greenfull moon (12 am) - midnight
- 6yellowwaning gibbous (3 am)
- 7orangelast (3rd) quarter moon (6 am) - sunrise
- 8redwaning crescent (9 am)
- 9ugly purple brown on inside12:00 pm noon
- 10forest green inside6:00 am sunrise
- 11black inside12:00 am midnight
- 12violet purple inside6:00 pm sunset
- 13What is the order of the phases of the Moon? (counterclockwise)New – Waxing Crescent – First Quarter – Waxing Gibbous – Full – – Waning Gibbous – Third Quarter – Waning Crescent – New (and repeat...)
- 14What is the order of the phases of the Moon? (counterclockwise)New – Waxing Crescent – First Quarter – Waxing Gibbous – Full – – Waning Gibbous – Third Quarter – Waning Crescent – New (and repeat...)
- 15The outer ring of Moons shows the ______; the inner ring of Moons shows how ________orientation of the Sun-illuminated half its surface; the Moon appears in our sky at those times
- 16The Moon phase directly away from a point on the Earth's surface can be said to be"overhead" at the time of day that corresponds to that direction (e.g., a full Moon at midnight, first quarter at sunset, a waning crescent at 9:00am, etc.)
- 17A Moon phase rises______, and then sets ______about 6 hours before it is overhead; about 6 hours later
- 18six hours beforerising
- 19six hours aftersetting
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- Flashcards on Moon phases, created by Nanda Zheng on 14/10/2020.
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