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What is the Lunar Cycle and How does is work?

What is the Lunar Cycle and How does is work?. Third Grade– Earth Science 4b. Students know the way in which the Moon’s appearance changes during the four-week lunar cycle. . What is the Lunar Cycle?. The lunar cycle is the four-week cycle, in which the Moon has eight different phases.

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What is the Lunar Cycle and How does is work?

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  1. What is the Lunar Cycle and How does is work? Third Grade– Earth Science 4b. Students know the way in which the Moon’s appearance changes during the four-week lunar cycle.

  2. What is the Lunar Cycle? • The lunar cycle is the four-week cycle, in which the Moon has eight different phases. • Each month our Moon passes through eight phases. These phases are named after how much of the moon we can see, and whether the amount visible is increasing, or decreasing each day. • It takes our Moon about 29.5 days to completely cycle through all eight phases. Occasionally (about every 2.7 years) there are two Full Moons in the same month.

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  5. New Moon • The side of the moon facing the Earth is not illuminated. The moon is up through out the day, and down through out the night. For these reasons we can not see the moon during this phase.

  6. Waxing Crecent • During this phase, part of the Moon is beginning to show. This lunar sliver can be seen each evening for a few minutes just after sunset. We say that the Moon is "waxing" because each night a little bit more is visible for a little bit longer.

  7. First Quarter • During first quarter, 1/2 of the moon is visible for the first half of the evening, and then goes down, leaving the sky very dark.

  8. Waxing Gibbous • When most of the Moon is visible we say it is a Gibbous Moon. Observers can see all but a little sliver of the moon. During this phase, the Moon remains in the sky most of the night.

  9. Full Moon • When we can observe the entire face of the moon, we call it a Full Moon. A full moon will rise just as the evening begins, and will set about the time morning is ushered in.

  10. Waning Gibbous • Like the Waxing Gibbous Moon, during this phase, we can see all but a sliver of the Moon. The difference is that instead of seeing more of the Moon each night, we begin to see less and less of the Moon each night. This is what the word "waning" means.

  11. Last Quarter • During a Last Quarter Moon we can see exactly 1/2 of the Moon's lighted surface.

  12. Waning Crescent • Finally, during a Waning Crescent Moon, observers on Earth can only see a small sliver of the Moon, and only just before morning. Each night less of the Moon is visible for less time.

  13. Assessment • What is the Lunar Cycle? • How many phases are there in the Lunar Cycle? • What are each of the phases of the Lunar Cycle called? • How long does it take our Moon to cycle through all of its phases? • What does Waxing mean? • What does Waning mean?

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