Question

Define each moon phase.

Answer 1

Phases of the moon:

• Full moon: The front of the moon is 100% lit up.
• Waxing Gibbous: A small portion of the front of the moon is dark.
• First quarter: Half of the front of the moon is dark.
• Waxing Crescent: A small portion of the moon is lit up.
• New moon: 100% of the moon's face is dark.
• Waning Crescent, Third quarter, and Waning Gibbous are basically Waxing Gibbous, and the other stuff above, but they are reversed. Hopefully, you get what I mean.

Hopefully, this helps! :D

Answer 2

New: We cannot see the Moon when it is a new moon.

Waxing Crescent: We see the waxing crescent phase as a thin crescent opening to the left.

First Quarter: We see the first quarter phase as a half moon.

Waxing Gibbous: The waxing gibbous phase is between a half moon and full moon. Waxing means it is getting bigger.

Full: We can see the Moon completely illuminated during full moons.

Waning Gibbous: The waning gibbous phase is between a half moon and full moon. Waning means it is getting smaller.

Third Quarter: We see the third quarter moon as a half moon, too. It is the opposite half as illuminated in the first quarter moon.

Waning Crescent: We see the waning crescent phase as a thin crescent opening to the right.