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1. If the moon is a full moon tonight, will the moon be waxing or waning one week later? Which
side of the moon (right or left) will appear illuminated at this time in the northern hemisphere?
a. Waning
b. Left
2. Where (in the southern sky, on the eastern horizon, on the western horizon, high in the sky etc.)
would you look to see the full moon when it starts to rise? What time would this happen?
a. Eastern horizon
b. Around 6 pm
3. Where (in the southern sky, on the eastern horizon, on the western horizon, high in the sky, etc.)
would you look to see the sun when the full moon starts to rise?
a. Western horizon
4. Where (in the southern sky, on the eastern horizon, on the western horizon, high in the sky, etc.)
would you look to see the new moon, if it were visible, when it starts to rise? What time would
this happen?
a. Eastern horizon
b. 6 pm
5. If the moon is a new moon when it rises, which of the phases shown below will it be in when it
sets?
a. To the naked eye, the moon will remain in phase H (new moon), although it would already have
started to wax.
6. What time is it for the person shown in Figure 1?
a. 12 PM (noon)
7. Draw a stick figure person on Earth in Figure 1 for each of the three times that you did not
choose in question 6. Label each of the stick figures that you drew with the time that the person
would be located there.
i.
8. Answer the following questions for the position of the moon shown in Figure 1.
a. Which moon phase would an earth observer see?
i. Waxing gibbous
b. At what time will the moon shown appear highest in the sky?
i. 9 PM
c. At what time will the moon shown appear to rise?
i. 3 PM
d. At what time will the moon shown appear to set?
i. 3 AM
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