SOMETIMES IT S HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT PHASE
THE MOON WILL BE IN NEXT WEEK, AND RATHER

THAN GOING TO THE INTERNET, JUST REMEMBER
THIS LITTLE TRICK: LIGHT ON THE RIGHT: THE

MOON IS GONNA GET BRIGHT -- LIGHT ON THE LEFT
-- ACTUALLY THERE S NOT A GREAT RHYME FOR

THAT
ONE.

AS THE MOON ORBITS THE EARTH IT TRANSITIONS
THROUGH PHASES CAUSED BY THE CONSTANT LIGHT

OF THE SUN.

FIRST IT WAXES (GETS BRIGHTER) THEN WANES
(GETS DARKER).

RIGHT NOW WE RE HEADING TO THE FULL MOON
-- THE MOON IS WAXING -- OR GETTING MORE LIT.

IT TAKES THE MOON ABOUT A MONTH TO ORBIT THE
EARTH, SO EVERY WEEK IT GOES A QUARTER OF

THE WAY AROUND.

FROM NEW MOON IT WAXES TO FIRST QUARTER -- WATCH
THE LIGHT!

-- THEN A WEEK AFTER WE GET A FULL MOON!

THEN IT GETS DARKER, WANING TO THIRD QUARTER,
AND FINALLY BACK TO THE NEW MOON.

PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES ONTO
THE MOON AND YOU LL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT PHASE

WE RE IN, AND WHERE WE RE GOING, WHILE
YOU...

KEEP LOOKING UP!