Name _____________________________________________________________ Matching Moon Phases Read the description on the left and match it with the Moon phase on the right. Please put the letter of the Moon phase on the far left blank line and draw a line to the matching word. Example: 1.__b__ The opposite of dark is… a. gold b. light ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ______ 1. The Moon is almost directly between the Sun A. Waning Gibbous Moon and Earth (start of cycle). B. Full Moon ______ 2. A bit of the sunlit side of the Moon with C. New Moon the sunlit side being on the right. D. Waxing Crescent Moon ______ 3. Two weeks have passed since the new Moon. We see the entire face of the Moon shining. E. First Quarter Moon ______ 4. The Moon is three-quarters of its way around F. Waning Crescent Moon Earth. G. Last/3rd Quarter Moon ______ 5. The Moon is a quarter of its way around H. Waxing Gibbous Moon Earth. ______ 6. A bit of the sunlit side of the Moon with the sunlit side being on the left. ______7. The Moon is between full Moon and last quarter ______ 8. The Moon is increasing in light between a first quarter Moon and a full Moon.
Name _____________________________________________________________ Matching Moon Phases Read the description on the left and match it with the Moon phase on the right. Please put the letter of the Moon phase on the far left blank line and draw a line to the matching word. Example: 1.__b__ The opposite of dark is… a. gold b. light ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ______ 1. The Moon is almost directly between the Sun and Earth (start of cycle). ______ 2. A bit of the sunlit side of the Moon with the sunlit side being on the right. ______ 3. Two weeks have passed since the new Moon. We see the entire face of the Moon shining. ______ 4. The Moon is three-quarters of its way around Earth. ______ 5. The Moon is a quarter of its way around Earth. ______ 6. A bit of the sunlit side of the Moon with the sunlit side being on the left. ______7. The Moon is between full Moon and last quarter ______ 8. The Moon is increasing in light between a first quarter Moon and a full Moon. A. Waning Gibbous Moon B. Full Moon C. New Moon D. Waxing Crescent Moon E. First Quarter Moon F. Waning Crescent Moon G. Last/3rd Quarter Moon H. Waxing Gibbous Moon