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The two dates from the chart above that would have nights with a full moon are October 31, 2020, and November 30, 2020. On these dates, the percent illuminated of the moon is 100%, indicating that the entire moon was lit by the sun.
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Yes, Halloween night 2020 had a full moon, which means that the entire moon was lit by the sun on that night. A full moon occurs when the Earth is positioned between the sun and the moon, allowing us to see the fully illuminated side of the moon. Therefore, on Halloween night, all of the lighted part of the moon was visible from Earth, making it appear fully lit.
When we look at the moon, the light that we see is actually the light of the sun reflected by the moon. Half of the moon is always in sunlight and half is always in darkness. Even though half of the moon stays lit, or illuminated, by the sun, the moon appears to have different shapes on different nights. These shapes are called phases. Different phases occur because we see different amounts of the lighted half of the moon on different days. The more of the illuminated side of the moon we see, the larger the moon appears to be. The less of the illuminated side of the moon we see, the smaller the moon appears. For example, during the full moon phase, all of the lighted part of the moon is seen from Earth and the moon appears fully lit. During the new moon phase, when the whole moon appears very dark, only the non-lit part of the moon is visible to Earth. The names of all the phases of the moon are shown below.
These moon phases occur in a highly predictable pattern. New moon is always followed by waxing crescent, then first quarter, then waxing gibbous, then full moon, then waning gibbous, then third (or last) quarter, then waning crescent, then back to new moon. Then the cycle repeats. This cycle of phases of the moon are caused by the Moon’s revolution around the Earth. One complete cycle of moon phases takes 29.5 days, or one month (think “moon-th”).date in 2020 10/31 11/1 11/2 11/3 11/3 11/4 11/5 11/6 11/7 percent illuminated 100 99 97 93 87 80 71 62 0 0 date in 2020 11/8 11/9 11/10 11/11 11/12 11/13 11/ 14 11/15 percent illuminated 50 41 30 20 11 5 1 0 date in 2020 11/16 11/17 11/18 11/19 11/20 11/21 11/22 11/23 percent illuminated 3 8 15 24 33 43 51 63 date in 2020 11/24 11/25 11/26 11/27 11/ 28 11/ 29 11/30 percent illuminated 72 80 87 93 97 99 100 0 0
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1. Which two dates from the chart above would have nights with a full moon?
2. Halloween night 2020 had a full moon. Does this mean that the entire moon was lit by the sun on that night? Explai your answer
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The two dates from the chart that had a full moon are October 31, 2020, and November 30, 2020.
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Yes, on Halloween night 2020, the entire moon was lit by the sun, resulting in a full moon.
Please label the graph with the correct corresponding moon phases. (7 points) percent of the moon visible by date blank 7and blank6 blank5 blank4 blank3 blank 2blank 1
To label the graph with the correct corresponding moon phases, we can use the percent illuminated data provided in your earlier chart to categorize each phase. Below is the general alignment between the phases and their typical percentages of visibility:
- New Moon – 0%
- Waxing Crescent – 1% to about 49%
- First Quarter – 50%
- Waxing Gibbous – 51% to about 99%
- Full Moon – 100%
- Waning Gibbous – 99% down to about 51%
- Third (or Last) Quarter – 50%
- Waning Crescent – From about 49% down to 1%
Based on the data you provided and the typical moon phases, here’s how you could label the graph:
- Blank 1: New Moon (0%)
- Blank 2: Waxing Crescent (3% to 49%)
- Blank 3: First Quarter (50%)
- Blank 4: Waxing Gibbous (51% to 99%)
- Blank 5: Full Moon (100%)
- Blank 6: Waning Gibbous (99% to 51%)
- Blank 7: Third (or Last) Quarter (50%)
If you want to identify particular days with those phases based on your chart, please let me know!