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Moon Phases

Moon Phases. A Full Moon occurs on the 12 th day. Approximately when does the next New Moon occur? On the 25 th , 26 th or 27 th day On average, it takes ½ month (or a little over 2 weeks) to go from full to new moon.

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Moon Phases

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  1. Moon Phases

  2. A Full Moon occurs on the 12th day. Approximately when does the next New Moon occur? • On the 25th, 26th or 27th day • On average, it takes ½ month (or a little over 2 weeks) to go from full to new moon.

  3. A Third Quarter Moon occurs on the 3rd. Approximately when does the next Full Moon occur? • Between the 23rd and 25th day • On average, it takes about 3 to 4 days to go to the next phase.

  4. A New moon occurs on the 7th day. Approximately when does the next New Moon occur? • Between the 3rd and 5th day of the next month. • It takes a little over 4 weeks to make one complete revolution

  5. A third Quarter Moon occurs on the 5th day. Approximately when does the First quarter Moon occur? • Between the 18th and 20th day • It takes about 2 weeks to go from 3rd to 1st quarter

  6. The First Quarter Moon occurs on the 2nd day. Approximately when does the next New Moon occur? • Between the 22nd and 24th day

  7. A First Quarter Moon occurs on the 20th day. Approximately when does the next Full Moon occur? • Between the 26th and the 28th day

  8. A Third Quarter moon occurs on the 17th day. When would the next higher than normal tide occur? • Between the 23rd and 25th day • Higher tides (spring tides) occur during a full or new moon • A full moon occurs about a week after the 3rd quarter.

  9. A First Quarter Moon occurs on the 14th day. After this Moon phase, approximately when does the next lower than normal high tide occur? • Between the 27th and 29th day • Lower than normal (neap tides) occur during the 1st and 3rd quarter moons

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