SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: - Waxing Gibbous: The waxing gibbous phase is between a half moon and full moon. Waxing means it is getting bigger. Full: We can see the Moon completely illuminated during full moons. Waning Gibbous: The waning gibbous phase is between a full moon and a half moon.

Detailed explanation-2: -Full Moon – This is the phase when the Moon is brightest in the sky.

Detailed explanation-3: -The two phases of gibbous moons are waxing gibbous moons and waning gibbous moons.

Detailed explanation-4: -A crescent moon is any time less than half the moon is lit by the sun. A crescent moon is going from the third to first quarter. A gibbous moon is any time more than half the moon is lit by the sun. We are in a gibbous moon form the first to third quarter.

Detailed explanation-5: -Waning Gibbous: The Waning Gibbous is the sixth phase in the cycle of phases. This Moon phase occurs once a month, rising around 9 PM, and setting around 9 AM, sticking around for approximately 7.38 days before going into the Third Quarter phase.

Detailed explanation-6: -During the crescent phases the percent illuminated is between 0 and 50% and during gibbous phases it is between 50% and 100%.