Earth And Space - Grade 5 Science and Technology Revision Notes

• Moon
  • Observing different phases of the moon

Moon

Observing different phases of the moon.

• The phases of the moon are the different shapes of the moon we can see from over a month.
• This can be observed at night during the month of the moon.

Identifying different phases of the moon

• There are eight phases that the moon goes through. Each phase repeats itself every 29.5 days. The following are the phases of the moon
  
  

using the real moon as an example, here is how they look like: