Moon Phases, Tides, Eclipses-Mod

29 day2 (approximately)

The time it takes the moon to rotate once on its axis and revolve (orbit) once around the Earth

Moon Phases

caused by the amount of sun reflecting off of it.

High Tide

when the moon is closest to Earth and the gravity pulls on the water.

Low Tide

low tides occur in between the high tides and occur in the places on Earth that are not affected by the moon's gravity pulling the Earth's water.

Solar Eclipse

The moon passes between the sun and Earth and blocks the light from the sun from reaching Earth. Happens when we have a new moon.

Lunar Eclipse

When we have a full moon and the Earth passes between the moon and the sun and the Earth blocks the light of the sun from hitting the moon.

Every 6 hours

how often we experience a high or low tide

Round

shape of the moon

Moon closer

Moon has greater effect on tides than Sun because it's closer to Earth