Question 5 — Malini saw the Moon - Questions at the end of the chapter - Chapter 11 Class 8 - Keeping Time with the Skies (Curiosity)

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Q 5
Question

Malini saw the Moon overhead in the sky at sunset. (i) Draw the phase of the Moon that Malini saw. (ii) Is the Moon in the waxing or the waning phase?

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Answer
It is a half Moon, in the waxing phase.

Explanation

  • A Moon overhead at sunset is half lit (a half Moon).
  • A waxing Moon is best seen at sunset.
  • So the Moon Malini saw is in the waxing phase.
A half Moon overhead at sunset is in the waxing phase, since waxing Moons are seen at sunset.
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