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Sky patterns: the sun, moon and stars
The moon’s shapes in order
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Earth & Space Science
Sky patterns: the sun, moon and stars
The moon’s shapes in order
Grade 1 Science · Problem type

The moon’s shapes in order

Use this to put the moon’s shapes in order.

Put in order

Put the shapes in order, from new moon to full moon.
1
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2
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3
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4
?
5
?

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The moon’s lit part grows from new moon to full moon.
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Then it shrinks back the same way.
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