- What causes the moon phases?
- When we talk about moon phases, we are talking about how the moon looks from Earth. Moon phases are caused by the Earth’s orbit around the sun and the moon’s orbit around the Earth. As the Earth orbits the sun, the moon is orbiting the Earth. The moon fully orbits the Earth once every 27.3 days. Moon phases occur depending on how the Sun, Earth, and moon are aligned in the sky.
- This is a video about what causes moon phases that is told in a story format easy for young students to understand.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWeaQctUp1c
- When we talk about moon phases, we are talking about how the moon looks from Earth. Moon phases are caused by the Earth’s orbit around the sun and the moon’s orbit around the Earth. As the Earth orbits the sun, the moon is orbiting the Earth. The moon fully orbits the Earth once every 27.3 days. Moon phases occur depending on how the Sun, Earth, and moon are aligned in the sky.
