If it's modifying (describing) a noun, then it's an adjective phrase.
If it's modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb, then it's an adverb phrase.
What word do you think it's modifying?
In 1609, Galileo was the first person to look AT THE MOON through a telescope.
Is this an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase.
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the first person?
Is it the moon?
I'm sorry I really don't understand.
"at the moon" is the phrase you're referring to, right? So it can't be modifying itself!
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Study about ADVERB PHRASE and ADJECTIVE PHRASE here. Read and study carefully.
Then decide.