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Moon Phases

Compare and model our Moon's changing phases.

You may also print, cut out, and piece together images to make your own mosaics of Earth's Moon for the following dates.

Lunation	Day (New=0)	Phase	Date (UT)
925	9	Waxing Gibbous	October 11, 1997
925	10	Waxing Gibbous	October 12, 1997
925	19	Waning Gibbous	October 20, 1997
926	19	Waning Gibbous	November 19, 1997
926	22	Waning Crescent	November 22, 1997
926	23	Waning Crescent	November 23, 1997
926	24	Waning Crescent	November 24, 1997
927	15	Waning Gibbous	December 15, 1997
928	13	Waxing Gibbous	January 11, 1998

** Note to teachers and informal science center educators: Hands-On Universe (HOU) educators may wish to download these images in fits format for further investigations. These moon images are in HOU telescope images archives within the Doane Observatory, Adler Planetarium directory, Moon. First, you will download and save the images to your computer. Then, open the HOU Image Processing program. Open a saved image. Finally, investigate the image using HOU image processing tools.

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This page created for Hands-On Universe by Vivian Hoette, Education Specialist, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, 1300 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois. Beta Version 03-31-97. vhoette@hou.lbl.gov