Moon Phases Shadow Worksheet
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Moon Phases Shadow Worksheet
The Moon and its changing appearance
The Moon, also called Te Marama, is a rocky object that travels around Earth. It does not make its own light. Sunlight lights up half of the Moon at all times. As the Moon moves around Earth, we see different amounts of its sunlit half. These changing appearances are called phases. The Moon does not grow or shrink, and Earth’s shadow does not cause the usual phases. Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon only during a lunar eclipse.
Investigate the phases
- The Moon makes its own light.
- Sunlight lights up part of the Moon.
- Earth shines a torch at the Moon.
- New moon
- Full moon
- First quarter
- The Moon is difficult to see because its lit side faces away from Earth.
- The Moon appears fully lit.
- About half of the visible Moon is lit.
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