Malini saw the Moon overhead in the sky at sunset. Draw the phase of the Moon that Malini saw. Class 8
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Malini saw the Moon overhead in the sky at sunset. Draw the phase of the Moon that Malini saw. Class 8
Malini saw the Moon overhead in the sky at sunset. Class 8
(i) Draw the phase of the Moon that Malini saw.
(ii) Is the Moon in the waxing or the waning phase?
Answer:
(i) At sunset, the Moon is overhead only during the first quarter (a week after New Moon), when the right half is illuminated. So, we need to draw a half Moon (right half bright, left half dark).
(ii) Waxing phase (because it occurs after New Moon and the bright part is increasing).