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What is a New Moon?
What is a New Moon?
- When only a small sliver of the Moon is visible before it disappears into the new Moon phase again
- When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth and the illuminated part is facing away from Earth (correct)
- When more than half of the Moon's surface visible from Earth is illuminated
- When the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun
What is a lunar eclipse?
What is a lunar eclipse?
- When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth and the illuminated part is facing away from Earth
- When the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow (correct)
- When the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun
- When the Moon's orbit around the Earth is tilted by about five degrees
What is a waxing crescent?
What is a waxing crescent?
- When half of the Moon's illuminated surface is visible from Earth
- When only a small sliver of the Moon is visible before it disappears into the new Moon phase again
- When a small sliver of the Moon becomes visible and takes a crescent shape (correct)
- When more than half of the Moon's surface visible from Earth is illuminated
