ISN Homework: Create a model of the moon phases!

Copy and paste the following website into your web-browser to view:

https://astro.unl.edu/naap/lps/animations/lps.html

As you view your simulation, you will need to include:

  • The Earth and Sun,                                                                                                                      The moon in the following phases:
  • New moon,
  • full moon,
  • waxing crescent,
  • waning crescent,
  • First quarter,
  • third quarter,
  • waxing gibbous, and
  • waning gibbous
  • For each phase label the degree, day, and % illuminated.
  • You will also need to watch the horizon diagram and explain when the sun and moon are closest together and furthest apart during the moon’s phases.
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