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how many total days pass during the moon’s complete cycle of phases

29 days

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what phase happens two weeks after a full moon

new moon

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what phase occurs one week after a waxing gibbous

waning gibbous

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what causes the phases of the moon as we see them on earth

how much of the lit side of the moon we can see from earth

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why don’t solar eclipses happen every month when the moon passes between the sun and the earth?

the moon’s orbit is tilted and it doesn’t line up

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what is the difference between a partial and total lunar eclipse

total lunar = the entire moon passes through the umbra (earth’s full shadow)

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phase of moon in solar eclipse

new moon

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phase of moon in lunar eclipse

full moon