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Called Qamaricalendar by

muslims

Based onphases of moon

G

THE EARTH, THEMOON,

AND THE SUN(2/2)

YEAR 5 UNIT 11

Different looks ofmoon due to

different position ofmoon

PHASESOF

THE MOON New moon

Crescent moon

Half- moon

Gibbous

Full Moon

5MAJOR

PHASES

H

Has 12 lunarmonths and

354 days in 1

LUNARCALENDAR

Moon Date inPhases Calendar

New moon 1 - 2

Waxi ng crescent 3 - 6

New Half-moon 7 - 10

Waxing gibb ous 11 - 13

Full moon 14 - 16

Wani ng gib bous 17 - 20

Old Half-moon 21 - 25

Waning crescen t 26 - 29

a

1

2

3 b

c

d

e

1

234

Earth

New moon- Moon is between sun

and earth- Bright side is facing

away from earth- Side facing earth is

completely dark- Cannot see the moon- D ay 1 - 2

- Right side of moon isbright

- Thin crescent seenand increasing in sizeevery night

- D ay 3 - 6

Waxing crescent

- Moon appears as halfcircle

- Day 7 - 10

Half-moon- More than half o fmoon seen

- Size increasing everynight

- Day 11 - 13

Waxing gibbous

- Bright side of moonfacing the earthcompletely

- Appears as a circle- Day 14 - 16

Full moon

- Bright side is on theleft and decreasing insize

- Still more than halfmoon seen

- Day 17 - 20

Waning gibbous

- Moon appears as halfcircle

- Bright side on the left- Day 21 - 25

Old Half -moon - Less than half ofmoon is bright

- Thin crescent seenand decreasing insize every night

- Day 26 - 29

Waning crescent

SUNLIGHT