Your Birthday Moon Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)

Technical Tip: After sketching your birthday moon, sketch how the Moon would appear three days later. Press the "Back" button on your Web browser. Change only the field settings for "Day" and if necessary, "Month" (all other settings should remain the same). Repeat the process until you have shaded how the Moon appears every three days for the next 30 days after your birthday.

3 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)	6 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)	9 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)	12 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)	15 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)
18 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)	21 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)	24 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)	27 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)	30 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)

ACTIVITY QUESTIONS Do you see a pattern? Predict what the Moon would look like 33 days after your birthday. Use the Internet to verify your prediction.

33 days after your Birthday Moon... Date: __________ (mm/dd/yy)

New Moon

Waxing Crescent

First Quarter

Waxing Gibbous

Full Moon

Waning Gibbous

Last Quarter

Waning Crescent

There are eight named Moon phases (shown in order of occurrence in the diagram above). Which named Moon phase most closely resembles your birthday moon? See if you can match other phase names with some of the moons you sketched. Approximately how many days does it take for the Moon to go through a cycle of phases, that is, how many days pass until the exact same Moon shape reappears?

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