Phases of the Moon

10/4/2004

This year I learned the many phases of the moon like: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, gibbous moon, full moon another gibbous last quarter, and waning crescent then it goes on and on. It changes because of the sun. If the sun is on the left side of the moon, it’s a last quarter if the sun is behind the moon it’s a new moon and in front, it’s a total full moon! The moon reflects light from the sun. Our last full moon was September 28th. Our next full moon is October 28th. I enjoyed seeing the last full moon. See below...

PS Did you know that lunatic is named after the moon. its because luna is a word for moon and they used to think that people could get crazy if they saw the full moon, so they called it lunatic!

posted by Rachel