Month: July 2025

LUNAR HIGHLANDS – Lighter, heavily cratered regions of the Moon.

NEAP TIDES – Weaker tides occurring when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to Earth.

SPRING TIDES – Stronger tides occurring when the Sun, Moon, and Earth align.

SOLAR ECLIPSES – Occur when the Moon blocks the Sun from Earth’s view.

LUNAR ECLIPSES – Occur when Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon.

TIDAL LOCKING – The effect that causes one hemisphere of the Moon to always face Earth.

SYNCHRONOUS ROTATION – The Moon’s rotation period matches its orbit, so we always see the same side.

WANING GIBBOUS – The phase after the full moon, where the illuminated portion shrinks.

WAXING GIBBOUS – The phase before the full moon, where the illuminated portion grows.

WANING CRESCENT – The phase before the new moon, where the illuminated portion shrinks.