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Different stages of the moon in slide formation.
• The following slide show the different phases of the moon for a complete lunar month.
• The main diagram shows the location of the moon, earth, and sun for each phase. This picture is from a bird’s eye view from space.
• The diagram in the right hand bottom corner shows the shape of the moon as we see if from earth for each day in the lunar month.
Moon Diary-March 29, 2006
• Today was a New Moon. • When looking at the
location of the moon with a bird’s eye view, the moon is in between the sun and the earth.
• Therefore, since the same side of the moon is always illuminated and we see the moon as it is rotating around the earth, ,we see a new moon.
Moon Diary-April 3, 2006.
• Today was a Waxing Crescent.
• When look at the location of the moon with a bird’s eye view, the moon is underneath the earth and to the left, but is still in between the sun and the earth.
• Therefore, since the same side of the moon is always illuminated and we see the moon as it is rotating around the earth, we see the waxing crescent.
Moon Diary-April 5, 2006
• Today was a first quarter, half moon.
• When look at the location of the moon with a bird’s eye view, the moon is directly underneath the earth.
• Therefore, since the same side of the moon is always illuminated and we see the moon as it is rotating around the earth, we see the half moon.
Moon Diary-April 13, 2006
• Today was a full moon. • When look at the location
of the moon with a bird’s eye view, the moon is left of the earth and the earth is in-between the sun and the moon.
• Therefore, since the same side of the moon is always illuminated and we see the moon as it is rotating around the earth, we see the full moon.
Moon Diary-April 21, 2006
• Today was a third quarter, half moon.
• When look at the location of the moon with a bird’s eye view, the moon is directly above the earth.
• Therefore, since the same side of the moon is always illuminated and we see the moon as it is rotating around the earth, we see the half moon.
Works Cited
• The pictures of the moon views from Earth were taken from: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/vphase-post.sh.