Learning about the moon and its phases.

A new moon is when you can't see the moon at all.

A waxing cresent looks like a banana.

The moon is half illuminated when it is a first quarter moon.

A waxing gibbous is almost a full moon but not a full circle.

A full moon's surface is fully illuminated.

A waning gibbous is almost a full circle but not quite.

A third quarter is when half of the moon is illuminated.

A waning crescent moon is when you can only see a sliver of the moon.