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  • Task 16: Lunar Phase Problems:

    Determine best answer for the time of solar day (sunrise, noon, sunset, midnight) for following lunar phase situations. You should use the Moon Phase Calculator Diagram above.

    1. A full moon is just rising in the east.     _______________     Answer: Sunset.
    2. A waxing gibbous moon is in the eastern sky (it rose in the afternoon).     _______________     Answer: Sunset.
    3. A 1st quarter moon is transiting your meridian (it rose at noon).     _______________     Answer: Sunset.
    4. A crescent moon is in the western sky close to the Sun.     _______________     Answer: Sunset.
    5. A new moon is lost in the Sun in the west.     _______________     Answer: Sunset.
    6. All the waning moons are below your horizon. _______________     Answer: Sunset.

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