When to look
Waxing at sunset, waning at sunrise.
A good time
You want to see the Moon. You know whether it is waxing or waning.
Does knowing this help to find it?
What this lesson covers
The idea
A waxing Moon is easiest to spot at sunset and a waning Moon at sunrise, and the Moon always rises and sets at different times than the Sun.
A good time
You want to see the Moon. You know whether it is waxing or waning.
Does knowing this help to find it?
- Yes, it tells where and when to look
- No, the Moon is always in the same place
- No, the Moon rises when the Sun sets
Best time
Open both tabs.
The Moon keeps its own times
Knowing the phase and whether the Moon is waxing or waning tells where and when to look. Because of the shifts, the Moon always rises and sets at different times than the Sun.
Waxing Moon: easiest to spot at sunset. Waning Moon: easiest at sunrise. The Moon always rises and sets at different times than the Sun.
Notes
Waxing: spot at sunset. Waning: spot at sunrise.
Check yourself
A waxing Moon is easiest to spot at …
A waning Moon is easiest to spot at …
The Moon rises and sets …
The phase of the Moon tells us …
- sunrise. That is for a waning Moon.
- sunset — correct. Yes!
- midnight only. A waxing Moon is easiest to spot at sunset.
- sunset. That is for a waxing Moon.
- noon only. A waning Moon is easiest to spot at sunrise.
- sunrise — correct. Yes!
- at different times than the Sun — correct. Yes!
- exactly when the Sun does. It rises and sets at different times than the Sun.
- never. It rises and sets at different times than the Sun.
- the colour of the sky. It helps to find where and when to look.
- where and when to look for it — correct. Yes!
- the day's weather. It tells where and when to look for the Moon.