The moon and the planets

• How strong is the moons gravity?

  1/6th of Earth's gravity.
• Why does a full moon light up in the sky?

  Sunlight reflects off the moon's surface.
• What is meant by saying that the moon is waxing?

  waxing is the time it takes the moon to be a full moon.
• What is meant by said that the moon is waning?

  waning is the time the moon takes to be a new moon from a full moon.
• What is the connection between the moon and the ocean tides?

  The moons gravitational pull causes ocean tides on earth.
• What is an eclipse of the sun?


  when we can only see the corona/atmosphere of the sun.
• What is an eclipse of the moon?


  when the earth comes in between the sun and moon, and the moon doesn’t get light from the sun.
• New moon ?


  Moon appears all black.
• Waxing crescent?


  Thin backwards c is bright
• First Quarter?


  Half of the moon is bright
• Waxing gibbous?


  Right Three quarters are bright
• Full moon?


  entire moon is bright
• Waning gibbous?


  left three quarters at bright
• Last Quarter?


  Other half of the moon is bright
• Waning crescent?


  Thin c is bright