fill in the sequence of moon phases

• full moon, and then

• _______________________________

• ____________________________half

• _______________________________

• new moon -- and then . . .

• _______________________________

• _______________________________

• _______________________________

  and then full moon again .....

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  daily motion

  to orbit earth in about 27.5 days, the moon has to chug about ______ degrees per day

  
  

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  meanwhile, back on earth

  astronauts on the moon --- look back at earth and see it going thru phases. Yes, earth phases.

  Sketch a diagram like the one we use in class: sun at the top of the board --- and then earth with its moon in eight orbital positions -- to show where would the moon be if the astronauts were on the moon and reported that they see a

  • __________ "full earth"
  • __________ "new earth"
  • __________ "a waning earth"
  • __________ "a waxing earth"

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    all aboard . . .
    

    why didn't lunar missions take off from earth when the moon was in the late, late states of a waning crescent ?

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    sketch and name the shape of the moon when it - - - -

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    trace a penny to make eight circles - and shade them to correspond to the phases you listed above

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    • ______ is rising when the sun sets
    • ______ you never see it for 24 hours on a cloudless day/nite
    • ______ rising exactly with the sun rises
    • ______ is low in the west right after the sun sets
    • ______ there is a 90 degree angle between the sun--earth--moon ( 2 answers ? )
    • ______ rises in mid-afternoon
    • ______ comes up a couple hours after the sun goes down

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    moon river

    Sketch a diagram on the back of this sheet to show why the moon rises at a different time each nite. It's either earlier -- or later -- can't remember which.

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    i wonder what . . .

    you would observe if the moon orbit earth clockwise ?
    State one concept that would be different than the present condition.

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