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- What you are about to see are the phases of the moon.
- By Tony
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- When un-illuminated is facing Earth
- See none of the Moon
- Moon between Earth and Moon
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3
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- Moon appears to be partly illuminated
- Illuminated part is increasing
- Moon is between New Moon and First quarter
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4
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- One half is illuminated
- Illuminated side is growing
- Rises around noon, sets around midnight
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5
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- Rises sometime in afternoon sets before sunset
- More than half illuminated
- Illuminated side is increasing
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6
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- Hole Moon is illuminated
- See all of Moon
- Illuminated side to Earth
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7
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- Less than a Full Moon
- See part of Moon
- Illuminated side is decreasing
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- Happens when Moon is three quarters
- Sun and moon 90 apart in sky
- Rises at midnight and sets at noon
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- Partly illuminated
- Rises between midnight and dawn, fades with sun
- Illuminated part is decreasing
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- Now you have seen the Lunar Phases and learned about the moon.
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