M o o n P h a
s e s
Detailed moon phase app
Note app may
be buggy, from the fact that this app is not complete and
never will be. Check the basic version here!
Basic facts
about the moon and it's phases:
What is the moon? How was it
formed?
-The
big bang theory proposed that at least 26.7 million years after
thesolar system formed, a large "semi-planet" whacked a still-molten
Earth, heating and ejecting debris from both objects. Part of the
debris then clumped together to form the moon, which also created the
moon's orbit around the earth at a 5 degree angle.
What causes
the phases of the moon? Magic?
- No, its not
magic. Rather its the relative
positions of the earth, sun, and the moon which cause moon phases you
see in the sky. The phase of the moon you see depends on how much of
the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.
What are the moon
phases, in order?
- New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing
Gibbous, Full moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, and Waning crescent.Click
here
for
an image of the moon phases.
How long does it take for
the moon to complete its set of phases?
- It
takes
the moon to revolve around the earth, around, 29 days 7 hours and 43
minutes.
Sun and moon
data
form
Special thanks
to http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/
for
app.
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made for Peabody school 8th grade science class of 08'
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