Moon’s phases
Different amounts of its sunlit half as it circles Earth each month
Meteorites
Free-flying space rocks
New moon
He moon is between Earth and the Sun
First quarter
At first quarter the angle between the Sun, Moon, and Earth is 90 degrees
Waxing crescent
Increasing what is seen
Waxing gibbous
More than half of the moon
Full moon
Sunlit side of moon faces us squarely
Waning crescent
Moon is covered in a crescent shape of darkness
Waning gibbous
More than half of the moon is covered with darkness
Last quarter
Moon is in darkness except for a crescent shape