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A few times a month, Janice described the moon she saw in the sky. Her observations are recorded in the following table below.


Date Appearance of Moon
August 10 Full sunlit circle
August 18 Left half lit circle
August 23 Less than half lit


Part 1: Use complete sentences to explain why the appearance of the moon changes from August 10 to August 23. What is the name for each phase she saw?

Part 2: Which two phases of the moon are expected to come immediately after the phase on August 23?

Answer 1

The two phases of the moon are expected to come immediately after the phase on August 23 are new moon and waxing crescent.

What is moon phases?

The lunar phase or Moon phase, as seen from Earth, is the shape of the Moon's directly lighted portion, which can be defined numerically using areas or angles or described qualitatively using words.

• On 10th August, full sunlit circle shape of moon was appearing and that phase is known as full moon.
• On 18th August, left half lit circle shape of moon was appearing and that phase is known as last quarter.
• On 23rd August, less than half lit shape of moon was appearing and that phase is known as waning crescent.
• Two another phase that will come after 23rd of August are new moon and waxing crescent.

Hence, phase of moon on 10th, 18th & 23rd August are full moon, last quarter and waning crescent.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Part 1: The appearance of the moon is because it revolves around the earth and the amount of sunlight on it changes because of that. We categorize the amount of sunlight that is on the moon as lunar phases and they each have a name so on August 10th is a full moon August 18th is a waning gibbous moon August 23th is a Third quarter moon.

Part 2: the two phases to come immediately after the phase on August 23rd is the waning crescent, and new moon.