1. A look at our nearest neighbor in Space! The Moon Free powerpoints at http://www.worldofteaching.comhttp://www.worldofteaching.com

2. about ¼ the size of Earth

3. What is the Moon? A natural satellite One of more than 144+ moons in our Solar System The only moon of the planet Earth

4. The Moon’s Surface No atmosphere No liquid water Extreme temperatures –Daytime = 130  C (265°F) –Nighttime = -190  C (-310  F) 1/6 Earth’s gravity

5. Movements of the Moon Revolution – Moon orbits the Earth every 27.3 days Rotation – Moon turns on its axis every 27 days Same side of Moon always faces Earth

6. It’s Just a Phase Moonlight is reflected sunlight ½ the moon’s surface is always reflecting light From Earth we see different amounts of the Moon’s lit surface called a “phase”

7. Waxing vs. Waning What’s the difference??? Waxing –light ON from the side of the sun! Waxing – light OFF

8. Waxing and Waning New moon Waxing Crescent moon First Quarter moon Waxing Gibbous moon Full moon Waning Gibbous moon Third Quarter moon Waning Crescent moon New moon

9. Lunar Eclipses Moon moves into Earth’s shadow – this shadow darkens the Moon About 2-3 per year Last up to 4 hours

10. Solar Eclipses Moon moves between Earth and Sun Moon casts a shadow on part of the Earth Total eclipses rare – only once every 360 years from one location!

11. The Tides Tides caused by pull of Moon’s gravity on Earth

12. Check Point! What do you know!

13. Name this phase! Full Moon

14. Name this phase! First Quarter

15. Name this phase! Waxing Crescent

16. Name this phase! Waning Gibbous

17. Name this phase! Third Quarter

18. Name this phase! Waxing Gibbous

19. Name this phase! Waning Crescent

20. What might be happening in this image? Lunar Eclipse

21. Name this phase! Look closely! Waxing Gibbous

22. Name this phase! Full Moon

23. Name this phase! New Moon

24. Name this phase! Waning Gibbous

25. Name this phase! Waning Crescent

26. Name this phase! Waning Gibbous

37. The Lunatic: Leesa Hubbard

38. Photo resources http://www.nasm.si.edu/apollo/AS15/a15images.h tmhttp://www.nasm.si.edu/apollo/AS15/a15images.h tm http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogall ery-moon.html#apollohttp://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogall ery-moon.html#apollo http://clementine.cnes.fr/index.en.html http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/pub/research/clemen/cleme n.htmlhttp://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/pub/research/clemen/cleme n.html http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0108/15mooncre ate/http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0108/15mooncre ate/ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/ pxmoon.htmlhttp://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/ pxmoon.html

39. More photo resources http://www.nrl.navy.mil/clementine/clemovies/cle movies_index.htmlhttp://www.nrl.navy.mil/clementine/clemovies/cle movies_index.html http://www.solarviews.com/eng/moon.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/620649.stm http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/ecli pses/article_99_1.asphttp://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/ecli pses/article_99_1.asp http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/results/ice/eureka.htm http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsyst em/moon_nss_020604.htmlhttp://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsyst em/moon_nss_020604.html

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