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The 8 eight phases of the Moon are: New Moon- when the moon is between the sun and the earth Waxing Crescent- between the new moon and the first quarter moon First Quarter- when the moon is under the earth Waxing Gibbous- between the last quarter and the full moon Full Moon- when earth is between the moon and the sun Waning Gibbous- between the first quarter and the new moon Last Quarter- when the moon is over the earth Waning Crescent- between the full moon and the last quarter

The Moon changes phases by going around the Earth. Every month the moon is a different phases. On one of the months you might see a Blue Moon and that is when two full moon meats together.

The New Moon is the moon that is a light black and the Waxing phases is when there is a little white coming in. Also this happens with the Full Moon and the Waxing phases. This also happens when the moon is on one side and crossing the new moon and waxing phases.

The Full Moon and the Waning phases are when the moon is full and when the moon is all white with a black line on it. The full moon happens once every month. The waning phases happens three days after the full moon

The New moon takes 4 days to become Waxing Crescent. Then Waxing Crescent takes 3 days to become First quarter. After that the First quarter takes 4 days to become Waxing Gibbous. Then Waxing Gibbous takes 3 days to become Full Moon. After that is done the Full Moon takes 4 days to become a Waning Gibbous phases. The Waning Gibbous takes 3 days to become a Last Quarter phases. Then the last phase is Last Quarter takes about 4 days to become a Waning Crescent phase and then the phases start all over again.

All these phases are important because if we only had one phase then the world would be a little mess up. Also this happens so people can see how the moon looks with different phases. This it takes 42 days for a New Moon to become a New Moon again.