Phases Of The Moon
Review of Literature
I. INTRODUCTION: Phases of the Moon: What Are They?
Phases of the moon discovery: In 1609, the “Phases of the Moon,” was discovered when a man named Galileo, was looking at the sun from his telescope when he noticed that the moon orbited around the Sun. Galileo created a telescope that could zoom in 20 times the actual distance of something. With this, he made an observation that the moon travels around the Earth at different times causing the moon to look different. Scientists now say that the moon is approximately 147 million km (kilometers) away from the Sun, so on Earth, it looks a lot smaller because the moon is 238,900 mi (miles) away from Earth. At sunrise, the New Moon comes out, but we can’t see its orbit on Earth because when the Sun comes out, the Sun blocks out all of the visible parts of the moon. The New Moon is also the first out of the 8 phases to occur. The thing about the phases is they always …show more content…
Some say the New Moon even looks like a solar eclipse. Did you know, that Galileo lived to be almost 100 years old?! When the Sun moves, it covers some of the moon causing it to obtain a shadow. These shadows from the moon represent the illuminated side of the moon from the Sun. Sometimes the moon turns a deep shade of red. Although the moon could be a shade of red, it usually only happens during the eclipses. There are 4 different types of solar eclipses. They are the Partial Eclipse, the Annular Eclipse, the Total Eclipse, and the Hybrid Eclipse. An eclipse happens about every 18 months. There are 8 phases of the moon. They are the Waning crescent and gibbous, the Waxing crescent and gibbous, the first and third quarter and the full/new moon. The
I. INTRODUCTION: Phases of the Moon: What Are They?
Phases of the moon discovery: In 1609, the “Phases of the Moon,” was discovered when a man named Galileo, was looking at the sun from his telescope when he noticed that the moon orbited around the Sun. Galileo created a telescope that could zoom in 20 times the actual distance of something. With this, he made an observation that the moon travels around the Earth at different times causing the moon to look different. Scientists now say that the moon is approximately 147 million km (kilometers) away from the Sun, so on Earth, it looks a lot smaller because the moon is 238,900 mi (miles) away from Earth. At sunrise, the New Moon comes out, but we can’t see its orbit on Earth because when the Sun comes out, the Sun blocks out all of the visible parts of the moon. The New Moon is also the first out of the 8 phases to occur. The thing about the phases is they always …show more content…
Some say the New Moon even looks like a solar eclipse. Did you know, that Galileo lived to be almost 100 years old?! When the Sun moves, it covers some of the moon causing it to obtain a shadow. These shadows from the moon represent the illuminated side of the moon from the Sun. Sometimes the moon turns a deep shade of red. Although the moon could be a shade of red, it usually only happens during the eclipses. There are 4 different types of solar eclipses. They are the Partial Eclipse, the Annular Eclipse, the Total Eclipse, and the Hybrid Eclipse. An eclipse happens about every 18 months. There are 8 phases of the moon. They are the Waning crescent and gibbous, the Waxing crescent and gibbous, the first and third quarter and the full/new moon. The