Moon cycle length - Approximately 28 days, New Moon - Moon phase that occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, at which point the Moon cannot be seen because its lighted half is facing the Sun and its dark side faces Earth., Waxing Crescent Moon - The lighted part of the moon is on the right side and is beginning to grow larger. The moon is a crescent shape., first quarter moon - The moon is a quarter of the way around the Earth. You can see the right half of the moon., Waxing Gibbous Moon - The moon's phase in which the sunlight portion of the moon is still growing larger and the right side, but is now more than half lit, but not quite full., full moon - moon phase when the entire side facing Earth is illuminated., Waning Gibbous - A phase of the moon that comes after a full moon and before a last quarter moon where all of the moon is lit up except for a small bit on the right side of the moon that we can see., third quarter moon - The phase of the moon when it is three-quarters of the way through its orbit, and we see the LEFT half of the moon lighted, Waning Crescent - moon phase that comes after a third quarter moon and before a new moon; less than half of the moon is lit up on the left side, waxing moon - When the Moon appears to get bigger, and the right side of the moon is visible, waning moon - When the Moon appears to get smaller and the left side of the moon is visible, solar eclipse - The blocking of sunlight to Earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and Earth., lunar eclipse - the blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon, Tides are caused by - the gravitational pull of the moon and sun, tide cycle - There are 2 high tides and 2 low tides each day, constellation - A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky,

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