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- 4. A ______ _____ occurs when a small portion of the right side of the moon is visible from Earth
- 8. The ______ __________ moon phase falls between the last quarter and the new moon phases
- 11. Often related with bad luck, a ____ ____ is one of the many different moon phases.
- 12. From Earth's perspective, it looks like the moon isn't lit up from the Sun. This is know as a ___ ____.
- 14. A _____ ____ may sound frightening, but it's all in the name.
- 15. The moon goes through a set of _____ each month, which is why it appears to take on different shapes.
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- 1. The moon we see roughly one week after the new moon.
- 2. Native Americans and medieval Europeans supposedly named January's full moon after the howling of hungry wolves lamenting the midwinter paucity of food. Other names for this month's full moon include old moon and ice moon.
- 3. The ______ ________ phase of the lunar cycle is a time to process the changes that took place during the full moon.
- 5. The coming of winter earned December's full moon the name ____ ____. Other names include the long night moon and the oak moon.
- 6. Northern Native Americans call April's full moon the ____ ____ after a species of early blooming wildflower. In other cultures, this moon is called the sprouting grass moon, the egg moon, and the fish moon.
- 7. This moon is also sometimes named the barley moon, and it is often the nearest full moon to the autumnal equinox, earning the title of '________ ____'.
- 9. The typically cold, snowy weather of February in North America earned this full moon its name. Other common names include storm moon and hunger moon.
- 10. A ________ occurs when the moon is full and at the perigee.
- 13. A ____ ____ can mean two things: a moon appears to be the color ____