moon phases examples grade 4

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🌑 New Moon: 🌑 The moon is between the Earth and the Sun, so we can't see it.
• 🌒 Waxing Crescent: 🌒 A sliver of the moon becomes visible, growing larger each night.
• 🌓 First Quarter: 🌓 Half of the moon appears lit.
• 🌔 Waxing Gibbous: 🌔 More than half of the moon is lit, leading up to a full moon.
• 🌕 Full Moon: 🌕 The entire face of the moon is illuminated.
• 🌖 Waning Gibbous: 🌖 The lit portion of the moon starts to decrease after the full moon.
• 🌗 Third Quarter: 🌗 Half of the moon is lit again, but the opposite half from the first quarter.
• 🌘 Waning Crescent: 🌘 The sliver of the moon shrinks, heading back to a new moon.
• 🔄 Cycle: The entire sequence takes about 29.5 days.

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. What is the first phase of the Moon?
   1. New Moon
   2. Full Moon
   3. First Quarter
   4. Waxing Gibbous
2. During which phase do we see the entire face of the Moon lit up?
   1. Waxing Crescent
   2. Full Moon
   3. Third Quarter
   4. Waning Gibbous
3. In the "First Quarter" phase, how much of the Moon is visible?
   1. None
   2. All
   3. Half
   4. A sliver
4. What comes after the Full Moon phase?
   1. Waxing Gibbous
   2. Waning Gibbous
   3. New Moon
   4. First Quarter
5. What is the phase where a tiny sliver of the Moon is visible and growing?
   1. Waning Crescent
   2. Waxing Gibbous
   3. Waxing Crescent
   4. Third Quarter
6. In the "Third Quarter" phase, which part of the Moon is illuminated compared to the "First Quarter"?
   1. The same part
   2. The opposite part
   3. None of it
   4. All of it
7. How long does it take for the Moon to go through all its phases (approximately)?
   1. 7 days
   2. 14 days
   3. 29.5 days
   4. 365 days