Identifying Phases of the Moon I, Summaries of History

Download Identifying Phases of the Moon I and more Summaries History in PDF only on Docsity! 1 | P a g e Name ___________________________________________________________________ Identifying Phases of the Moon I Waxing Crescent – A little part of the moon’s right side is lit. Full Moon - The moon's entire disk is lit because the Earth is between the sun and the moon. Waxing Gibbous – About ¾th of the right side moon's disk is lit. 1st Quarter - The right half of the moon's disk is lit. Waxing – Getting larger. New Moon - The moon's disk facing us is dark because the moon is between the sun and the Earth. Last Quarter - The left half of the moon's disk is lit. Waning Crescent - A little part of the moon’s left side is lit. Waning Gibbous - About ¾th of the left side moon's disk is lit. Waning – Getting smaller. Are Moons 1-4 waxing or waning? Are Moons 5-8 waxing or waning? 2 | P a g e Identifying the Phases of the Moon II Waxing Crescent – when we can see only a sliver of the moon's disk (right-hand side). Full Moon – when the moon's disk is light because the Earth is between the sun and the moon Waxing Gibbous – when we can see roughly three-quarters of the moon's disk (the right side of the moon is lit). First Quarter – can see one-half of the moon's disk (at First Quarter, you see the right half of the moon lit [this one-quarter of the entire moon's surface]). New Moon – when the moon's disk is dark (and invisible to us) because the moon is between the sun and the Earth Last/3rd Quarter – can see one-half of the moon's disk (at Last/3rd Quarter, you see the left half of the moon lit [this one-quarter of the entire moon's surface]). Waning Gibbous – when we can see roughly three- quarters of the moon's disk (the left side of the moon is lit). Waning Crescent – when we can see only a sliver of the moon's disk (left-hand side). Using the table above, write the phase of the moon shown in the picture. 5 | P a g e Matching Moon Phases Read the description on the left and match it with the Moon phase on the right. Please put the letter of the Moon phase on the far left blank line and draw a line to the matching word. Example: 1.__b__ The opposite of dark is… a. gold b. light ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ______ 1. The Moon is almost directly between the Sun and Earth (start of cycle). ______ 2. The Moon is almost directly between the Sun and Earth (cycles starts again. ______ 3. A bit of the Sunlit side of the Moon shows, with the Sunlit side being on the right. ______ 4. Two weeks have passed since the new Moon. We see the entire face of the Moon shining. ______ 5. The Moon is three-quarters of its way around Earth. ______ 6. The Moon is a quarter of its way around Earth. ______ 7. A bit of the Sunlit side of the Moon shows with the light side being on the left. ______ 8. The Moon is between full Moon and last quarter ______ 9. The Moon is increasing in light between a first quarter Moon and a full Moon. ______ 10. The Moon is decreasing in light between a full Moon and a last quarter Moon. a. Waning Gibbous Moon b. Full Moon c. New Moon d. Waxing Crescent Moon e. First Quarter Moon f. Waxing Crescent Moon g. Last/3rd Quarter Moon h. Waxing Gibbous Moon i. Waning Gibbous Moon j. New Moon 6 | P a g e Drawing Moon Phases Using the description and matching words, complete worksheet by adding the drawing of that phase of the moon. 1. New Moon Moon is almost directly between the sun and Earth (start of cycle). 2. Waxing Crescent Moon A bit of the sunlit side of the moon shows on the right side. 3. First Quarter Moon The moon is a quarter of its way around Earth. It is in its first quarter phase. 4. Waxing Gibbous Moon The moon is increasing in light between a first quarter moon and a full moon. 5. Full Moon Two weeks have passed since the new moon. We see the entire face of the moon shining. 6. Waning Gibbous Moon The moon is decreasing in light between a full moon and a last quarter moon. 7. Last Quarter Moon The moon is three-quarters of its way around Earth. It is in its last quarter phase. 8. Waning Crescent Moon A bit of the waning sunlit side of the moon shows on the left side. 7 | P a g e Identifying Moon Phases Complete the diagram below. Moon Phases First Quarter Full Moon Waning Gibbous Waxing Gibbous Last Quarter New Moon Waxing Crescent Waning Crescent 2 3 4 8 5 1 10 | P a g e Lunacy By Ken Kaye, Staff Writer Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Aug. 11, 2003, pp. D1 The worst things in the world happen during a full Moon, right? Wrong. For those given to lore, it might seem likely that a full Moon shone on the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 or the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The full Moon, after all, is frequently associated with dark calamities, if not werewolves and haunted houses. But that wasn't the case. Surely, then, the Moon turned full on the day the stock market crashed in 1929, or that Amelia Earhart vanished in 1937 or President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, right? Nope. The fact is a full Moon … has been in the sky during very few major world events in the past century, which would seem to debunk the myth that lunar forces inspire aberrant behavior or influence the course of history on Earth. "There are always lots of reports of strange things during a full Moon. But I think if you look at overall statistics, there's no [link]," says Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., which has kept a careful record of full Moons dating to 1700. A review of full Moon dates, compiled by the Naval Observatory, shows that most of the major events of our time took place during some other lunar phase. For instance, when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, the Moon was in its last-quarter phase. When civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968, the Moon was new. President Richard Nixon's resignation in August 1974 came six days after the full Moon. 11 | P a g e Even for humankind's major forays into space, when you might think a full Moon would be appropriate, it was a no-show. When Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space in April 1961, the Moon was in its last-quarter phase. When Neil Armstrong took the first step on the lunar surface in July 1969, it was during the gibbous waxing Moon. Some major developments did happen close to a full Moon: One day after a full Moon, on Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Two days after a full Moon, on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded, killing seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. But of the major historic milestones in the past 100 years, only D-Day, June 6, 1944, when Allied Forces stormed the beaches of northern France to begin the conquest of Germany in Europe, took place during a full Moon. And that was deliberate: Military commanders wanted lots of Moonlight so airborne troops could land near enemy lines and Navy ships could fire on German targets with precision before dawn… Strange Things Happen From a global standpoint, full Moons have seen their share of mayhem:  On Jan. 16, 1995, a Japan earthquake killed more than 400 people.  On Nov. 11, 2000, 170 skiers and snowboarders were trapped and killed when their cable car caught fire while being pulled through an Alpine tunnel.  On Jan. 28, 2002, more than 600 were killed in Nigeria, trying to flee explosions at an army weapons depot, only to drown. Did the Moon actually provoke any of these episodes? No way, astronomers and historians say. "It's pure coincidence," says Travis Wright, an employee at Buehler Planetarium in Davie. "I doubt that it has anything to do with the voice of the universe telling people what to do." 12 | P a g e On the other hand, astrologers, or those who think celestial bodies affect the course of human events, say a full Moon makes people more amorous. "The Moon affects tides, and since our bodies are mostly water, there probably is a physical reaction," says Linea Van Horn, an accredited astrologer who works for Astrology.com, the largest astrological site on the Internet, based in San Francisco. "When it's big and beautiful in the sky, it does awaken something in us humans." According to folklore, the full Moon usually has negative connotations, says Christine Jackson, a professor of humanities at Nova Southeastern University in Davie. For instance, she says it is believed the full Moon triggers more suicides than usual and sends more people to mental institutions. In fiction and film, the Werewolf needed the light of the full Moon to come to life, and Dracula had to avoid Moonlight to suck blood from his victims. In the recent movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, moonlight revealed the pirates were half-dead, nothing but skeletons. "So the light of a full Moon can sometimes show death," she says Only a Minute Astronomically speaking, a full Moon occurs for about one minute, when the Moon and the Sun are on opposite sides of the Earth. The reason this instant is so short is that all three bodies are in constant motion. However, planetarium officials consider the full Moon to occur over a full day and even more loosely, over three days, says Jack Horkheimer, director of Miami Planetarium. "The night before a full Moon and night after full Moon look that same to the untrained eye," he says. The Moon has four major phases in a month, or more precisely, 29.5 days: New Moon, first quarter, full Moon, and last quarter. Those phases are further broken down into waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning crescent and waning gibbous, based on how much of the lighted surface is visible… 15 | P a g e 5. List three Moon facts. a. _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ b. _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ c. _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 6. During which month is the Moon called the Wolf Moon? _______________________________________________________________________ 7. During which month is the Moon called the Ice or Snow Moon? _______________________________________________________________________ 8. During which month is the Moon called the Storm or Worm Moon? _______________________________________________________________________ 9. Lists the phase of the Moon for the following events: a. Boston Tea Party: ___________________________________________________ b. Declaration of Independence: __________________________________________ c. End of the Civil War: ________________________________________________ d. President Abraham Lincoln assassinated: _________________________________ 16 | P a g e Identifying Phases of the Moon I – Key Are Moons 1-4 waxing or waning? Full Moon New Moon Waning Gibbous Waxing Crescent Last/3rd Quarter First Quarter Waning Crescent Waxing Gibbous Waxing Waning Are Moons 5-8 waxing or waning? 17 | P a g e Identifying the Phases of the Moon II - Key Using the table above, write the phase of the moon shown in the picture. Waning Gibbous Waning Crescent New Moon First Quarter Last/3rd Quarter Full Moon Waxing Crescent Waxing Gibbous Identifying Phases of the Moon III - Key Which image shows First Quarter? 4 Full? 7 Third Quarter? 10 Which images are crescents? 1,2,3, 11,12 gibbous? 5,6,8,9 Which images are waxing? 1 through 6 Which images are waning? 8 through 12 20 | P a g e Drawing Moon Phases - Key 1. New Moon Moon is almost directly between the sun and Earth (start of cycle). 2. Waxing Crescent Moon A bit of the sunlit side of the moon shows on the right side. 3. First Quarter Moon The moon is a quarter of its way around Earth. It is in its first quarter phase. 4. Waxing Gibbous Moon The moon is increasing in light between a first quarter moon and a full moon. 5. Full Moon Two weeks have passed since the new moon. We see the entire face of the moon shining. 6. Waning Gibbous Moon The moon is decreasing in light between a full moon and a last quarter moon. 7. Last Quarter Moon The moon is three-quarters of its way around Earth. It is in its last quarter phase. 8. Waning Crescent Moon A bit of the waning sunlit side of the moon shows on the left side. 21 | P a g e Identifying Moon Phases - Key Complete the diagram below. New Moon Waxing Crescent First Quarter Gibbous Waxing Full Moon Waning Gibbous Last/3rd Quarter Waning Crescent 22 | P a g e Moon Phases - Key New Moon First Quarter Waxing Crescent Waxing Gibbous Full Moon Waning Gibbous