The Real Man in the Moon

By: Mary Madden Education 140

Phases of the Moon

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.

March 27, 2006-Waning Crescent

March 28, 2006-Waning Crescent

March 29, 2006-New Moon

March 30, 2006-Waxing Crescent

March 31, 2006-Waxing Crescent

April 1, 2006-Waxing Crescent

April 2, 2006-Waxing Crescent

April 3, 2006-Waxing Crescent

April 4, 2006-Waxing Crescent

April 5, 2006-Half Moon

April 6, 2006-Waxing Gibbous

April 7, 2006-Waxing Gibbous

April 8, 2006-Waxing Gibbous

April 9, 2006-Waxing Gibbous

April 10, 2006-Waxing Gibbous

April 11, 2006-Waxing Gibbous

April 12, 2006-Waxing Gibbous

April 13, 2006-Full Moon

April 14, 2006-Waning Gibbous

April 15, 2006-Waning Gibbous

April 16, 2006-Waning Gibbous

April 17, 2006-Waning Gibbous

April 18, 2006-Waning Gibbous

April 19, 2006-Waning Gibbous

April 20, 2006-Waning Gibbous

April 21, 2006-Waning Half Moon

April 22, 2006-Waning Crescent

April 23, 2006-Waning Crescent

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.