Moon Phases Demonstration

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • Emily Morgan, author of Next Time You See the Moon, takes you through the phases of the Moon in a demonstration that will be easy to replicate in your own classroom.
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Комментарии • 11 тыс.

  • @pengwens6281
    @pengwens6281 3 года назад +2807

    i am 24 years old & I was not sent here by any science teacher i simply forgot how the moon works

    • @domjd93
      @domjd93 3 года назад +97

      Lol I’m 27 and exact reason 😂😂 I remember learning this in my astronomy class my freshman year of college but since then it has completely left my head😂

    • @27-shrutikawale12
      @27-shrutikawale12 3 года назад +24

      yeah me too i just wanted to know why we can't see the far side of the moon it completely slipped out of my mind

    • @rekhadangwal7364
      @rekhadangwal7364 3 года назад +14

      Same Brahh😂 but am 17

    • @vandananataraj3772
      @vandananataraj3772 3 года назад +19

      lol. I am 25. Thanks for existing. Thought I was the only one😂😂

    • @leonayoung
      @leonayoung 3 года назад +2

      lmaoooooo same xD also my friend's little brother showed me this video and was shook that there was other phases of the moon besides crescent and full.

  • @fishingpinky3165
    @fishingpinky3165 2 года назад +405

    I am 63 years old and now finally understand the moon phases. Was sitting outside tonite and saw a crescent moon. Trying to figure out the reason behind it. You explained it so easy. Thank you!

    • @anuradhaverma7
      @anuradhaverma7 Год назад +7

      I am here for exact same reason. Yesterday I saw crescent 🌘 moon. And today is new moon, so kinda curious.
      Bty the 2nd crescent 🌘 moon is so fascinating than the 1st 🌙 moon. Because in 2nd crescent 🌘 moon you can see the darker part clearly.

    • @elanchaerani999
      @elanchaerani999 Год назад

      So you can see crescent moon at night? What time is it?

    • @gertebert
      @gertebert Год назад

      Nice! You are never too young to learn!
      Now try to imagine the motion of the earth around the sun and the way you see the sky at night. It took me years to get my head around that. It still boggles my mind how this works, I could not figure out why and how Polaris (the North star) could stay in the north.

    • @DFWJon
      @DFWJon Год назад +3

      Have any of you noticed that the crescent moon used to be crescent from top to bottom and now it is more side to side??? So, if you didn’t understand what I am saying try this… crescent moon used to be a “(” or “)” now it is more of a ”u” shape and an “n” shape, so instead of it being top to bottom it is now more side to side. Has anyone else noticed this or am I just crazy???

    • @ajrwilde14
      @ajrwilde14 Год назад +1

      @@DFWJon yeah it depends on the seasons for how the moon's crescent appears

  • @josephinesexton6654
    @josephinesexton6654 4 года назад +541

    I've been waiting for such a simple demonstration for.....over 70 years.. Brilliant. Thank you. I'll go and do it myself. Jo

    • @davidjohnson6483
      @davidjohnson6483 4 года назад +11

      Still waiting cuz. she is biblically incorrect

    • @lecinquiemeroimage
      @lecinquiemeroimage 4 года назад +18

      What she was doing is not at all serious!
      She had not spinning the Earth [represented by her head] around the Sun !!
      In fact, nobody in the world has been able to explain correctly what the Moon actually does, in relation to the Sun !!!
      I regret to write it to you, but her simplistic explanations are not even good for teenagers .....
      professor essef, in mathematics (active for over a year, on RUclips and Wikipedia, in astronomy & astrophysics).
      Greetings from Paris.

    • @vivekshri
      @vivekshri 4 года назад +5

      Happy 80th birth year.

    • @debbiebopperman2049
      @debbiebopperman2049 4 года назад +3

      Her demo makes you have eyes the size of the earth. When her own computer model shows how everyone will see a full moon every day, as the earth is spinning towards the lit par of the moon, when it's only half illuminated - @3:22 - look at that model of earth and think about the peoples' view on those spinning continents.

    • @Starlightskipper
      @Starlightskipper 4 года назад

      I agree🤓🤓

  • @KamalaWalzlover
    @KamalaWalzlover 5 месяцев назад +18

    Ok I’m 59yrs old and have long forgotten being taught that in school. I came on RUclips and watched a couple videos, but your video explained it perfectly! So thank you for sharing and enlightening this ole girl! 👍🏽

  • @409raul
    @409raul 4 года назад +411

    This is the best explanation on RUclips. All the others videos fail to show the animation so clearly and accurately. Thanks!

    • @Dr.Maniac
      @Dr.Maniac 2 года назад +2

      you should do yourself a favor and check out vibes of cosmos. it blows this pseudoscience outta the water

    • @hakan8997
      @hakan8997 2 года назад

      @@Dr.Maniac I saw perfectly a aeroplane in front of the sun, but i can´t see a BIG BIG rock or not even a shade of it. Iám going with Vibes of Cosmos.

    • @Dr.Maniac
      @Dr.Maniac 2 года назад

      @@hakan8997 you wont be disappointed i assure you. check his content out.

    • @dentontxflatearthguy2903
      @dentontxflatearthguy2903 Год назад

      That demonstration in NO WAY explains how the full moon is REGULARLY visible during the day time. That lady is the epitome of a charlatan.

    • @hakan8997
      @hakan8997 Год назад

      @@dentontxflatearthguy2903 ... Some people have to go on with what they learned at school. What job is going to match the lie that she has been told?

  • @mightymouse1111
    @mightymouse1111 2 года назад +200

    I've watched several videos about this and this was by far the best visualization I've seen, so much better than the computer animated ones everyone else uses.

    • @christinadavison8247
      @christinadavison8247 Год назад

      Agreed!

    • @MH-53E
      @MH-53E Год назад

      It's easier to show this way because she isn't taking in all of the variables. Out of honesty, the programer has to deal with most of the major motions. This also brings up complicated questions...

    • @damsjo1401
      @damsjo1401 Год назад

      @@MH-53E What 'complicated questions' are you referring to ? You could have asked one, at least. But that would mea you would have to KNOW what to ask. Right?

    • @cody7101
      @cody7101 Год назад +1

      Yeah, and it's made simple to dumb you down, while deceiving you....Earth's flat and stationary. Sun's close and moon's not a rock.

    • @fatih.Azim-Erbay
      @fatih.Azim-Erbay 9 месяцев назад +1

      And how do you explain the half moon in the morning in full daylight?

  • @kourtnei4889
    @kourtnei4889 3 года назад +203

    she just blessed my life. i finally know why.

    • @waltzwithuniverse
      @waltzwithuniverse 3 года назад +1

      i feel the same 🌗🌓

    • @nikirikii
      @nikirikii 3 года назад +1

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    • @airishviscara2326
      @airishviscara2326 3 года назад +1

      Lol me too. I'm confused. Why we cant see the moon when its closest to the sun? makes sense

    • @skullasylum33
      @skullasylum33 3 года назад +1

      guess again

    • @donpettyandthespacefakers1798
      @donpettyandthespacefakers1798 3 года назад +1

      This is guaranteed misinformation so why when building up to the full moon it goes the way that yea you could make that argument it’s reflecting sunlight but when it winds down it’s makes absolutely zero sense the moon is it’s own light source not to mention nobody ever ever landed on it I’ve been studying the moon for three years and I can for sure tell you this is not how it gets it’s light

  • @srinivasanjeya
    @srinivasanjeya 2 месяца назад +6

    I am 43 years old from india. Working in the accounting field. My daughter is so excited to learn about space and various things outside the earth. I never bothered about the phases of the moon so long.When my daughter, 10 years old, is seeing the moon thru her telescope and shares glimpses of crates and stuff to me. The phases of the moon thing always bothered me so much that I cannot grasp why it is happening the way it is. My daughter explained effortlessly but I couldn't grasp anything. Your video enlightened me... thank you...

    • @elmensajero7295
      @elmensajero7295 Месяц назад

      So crescent moon is not visible at night?? on the night side of the Earth??

    • @fromnorway643
      @fromnorway643 Месяц назад

      @@elmensajero7295
      Consider the crescent Moon's position in the sky. When it is halfway between new and first or last quarter, it will be located 45° away from the Sun. That represents 3 hours of the Earth's rotation around its axis, so the crescent Moon will on average be visible that long after sunset or before dawn.

    • @srihanchekuri6413
      @srihanchekuri6413 16 дней назад

      @@elmensajero7295 Ohh, actually, if it is a waxing crescent moon, it is visible to the west in the sky after sunset, but a full moon is visible almost all night, and a waning moon is visible from the first few hours after midnight into the morning 🙂

  • @tilaw6397
    @tilaw6397 9 лет назад +783

    thank u so much, this as fantastic!! if my teachers were as creative as u, I wouldn't have to be searching this video at 22 yrs old just to really confirm my understanding! (& i'm a uni graduate...)

    • @Sinerwray
      @Sinerwray 9 лет назад +26

      Tila Wilde 29 here lol

    • @gravydavy4188
      @gravydavy4188 9 лет назад +28

      +Tila Wilderman 48 years old, Got it now!

    • @iiavalanchei
      @iiavalanchei 9 лет назад +3

      +Tila Wilderman I apparently didn't learn left from right, because I'm here because I didn't understand why 3rd quarter and 1st quarter didn't look the same with light on the same side. D'oh!

    • @leeandbeahinton
      @leeandbeahinton 8 лет назад

      +Tila Wilderman
      Idiot,,,,,

    • @leeandbeahinton
      @leeandbeahinton 8 лет назад

      +Gravy Davy
      old idit..

  • @Manuelabor1978
    @Manuelabor1978 7 месяцев назад +13

    45 and learning something new every day. Your explanation was so easy to understand. Thank you, kind lady.😊

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 7 месяцев назад

      Up until watching this video, did you actually have no idea as to what causes the changing phases of the moon?
      Perhaps you've yet to learn what causes the seasons too?

    • @shaspearman8647
      @shaspearman8647 5 месяцев назад +1

      Sailorman, don’t be rude. There is plenty of “simple” things each person doesn’t know, no matter the age. Doesn’t mean you arent intelligent. It just mean you don’t know

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 4 месяца назад

      @@shaspearman8647 If a 45 year old still doesn't know what causes the changing phases of the moon, it isn't a matter of 'don't know', but a profound ignorance of basic facts that any adult should know.

    • @EnlightenedTurtle
      @EnlightenedTurtle 2 месяца назад

      ​@@sailorman8668another attack on a stranger online.. there is a running theme here. 🥱

  • @flujensiosserwanji6624
    @flujensiosserwanji6624 2 года назад +43

    This is what we call being precise and concise. This is the best video I have encountered concerning this. Thank you so much.

    • @fromnorway643
      @fromnorway643 2 года назад

      Lots of videos explain the Moon's phases, but a physical model like this is always better than just animations.

    • @koubenakombi3066
      @koubenakombi3066 Год назад

      Too bad it is all a lie... the moon is inside our environment... a focal point... and it offers the map of our plane.

    • @maxrebo1141
      @maxrebo1141 Год назад +1

      @@koubenakombi3066 Because a flat earth video told you so?

  • @deepasinghal4729
    @deepasinghal4729 4 года назад +18

    This is by far the best videos on Moon. Thank you!

  • @johnydaddy4195
    @johnydaddy4195 2 года назад +19

    It took me 38 years to realize this. 12/22/2021, @ 06:37 p.m. marks the first-time-ever I fully realized how the moon really works based on your demonstration. Thanks to my buddy who didn't come to pick me up for tonight's party, making me have time to check this out😂✨

    • @worlatordezor8621
      @worlatordezor8621 Год назад +1

      Im 33 and just find out this too. 23:55gmt (31/10/2022)

    • @couchninja2997
      @couchninja2997 Год назад +1

      the moon has been observed in the same day sky in a observers vison and not to look away but both celestials are in ones vison so for this Reason its incorrect!

    • @saladparfait
      @saladparfait Год назад

      ​@@couchninja2997????? That is perfectly shown in this demonstration. You can have both bodies within your field of vision, it just affects how you see them. However, you can ALSO have them opposite of each other from the observer's point of view.

  • @Succeshero-yw1rl
    @Succeshero-yw1rl 3 года назад +14

    Why suddenly this looks so awesome and miraculous? I’ve always known this but it just this realization that this planet we are living on is spinning and this moon is perfectly spinning around it and the sun is doing its thing...this whole creation is just cool.

    • @outoftime7740
      @outoftime7740 3 года назад

      Your fairy tale world you mean, Superman.....

  • @johnnieb6
    @johnnieb6 5 месяцев назад +2

    I have watched endless videos on phases of the moon trying to get an understanding. This is the first video I’ve watched and got a full understanding ❤

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 5 месяцев назад

      The moon orbits the earth once every 4 weeks or so, which means we see different parts of the moon's surface being illuminated by the sun - this isn't rocket science to understand.

  • @cactusllama513
    @cactusllama513 3 года назад +167

    I’m very insecure about my head after you said it’s the earth

  • @noobtown6269
    @noobtown6269 3 года назад +735

    When you realize that all of us are here because of our science teachers: Hey y'all.

  • @joekutti8303
    @joekutti8303 5 лет назад +10

    It's simply fabulous.. Explained simple and in more clear way..

  • @mksua0701
    @mksua0701 2 месяца назад +1

    I’m 45 and now I have a full perspective of what this looks like. Thank you! ❤

  • @ginab6434
    @ginab6434 3 года назад +17

    Thank you for this quick and easy video demonstration. I will show it to my class tomorrow for foreign language students who need the extra visual. "A picture really is worth a 1000 words," and a video is worth even more. :)

  • @Jack-ur4in
    @Jack-ur4in 4 года назад +5

    So simples! This is the simplest and best demonstration of this complex and difficult subject ! This lady really knows what it takes to reach well !👍

  • @jeanniemccarthy312
    @jeanniemccarthy312 3 года назад +39

    Excellent instruction. I wish I would have had this instructor when I was in school!! A+ !!!!

  • @Tester_404
    @Tester_404 2 года назад +1

    This is what all the RUclips videos should be easy ,simplified so everyone will be educated & successful in their life. Btw I'm 22 and forgot how moon works so had to see this

  • @taco2s299
    @taco2s299 4 года назад +7

    Thank you so much Ms. Morgan! Your video was just fantastic, and that’s because your demonstration is extremely close to what happens in real, and that it allows us to see it action.

  • @rashidkhan4088
    @rashidkhan4088 4 года назад +9

    Thank you. It really clear all my confusion about the phases of the moon

  • @britneyelise7070
    @britneyelise7070 Год назад +15

    The best explanation I've seen so far! Thank you! 😊

  • @sunitameena6062
    @sunitameena6062 Год назад +1

    It's a best way to explain this topic without a long lacture

  • @anshumanupadhyay8900
    @anshumanupadhyay8900 3 года назад +9

    New Moon, Crescent, First Quarter, Gibbous, Full Moon, Gibbous, Last Quarter, Crescent, and New Moon | Thanks so much for this!

    • @srihanchekuri6413
      @srihanchekuri6413 16 дней назад

      Yep, and when the moon is becoming a full moon and more and more of it keeps getting visible, then it is called a waxing moon; for example waxing crescent and waxing gibbous, but when the full moon then slowly fades day by day for the next half of the cycle, then it is called a waning moon; for example waning gibbous 🌖 and waning crescent 🌘🌑 🙂

  • @Curiousvashi123
    @Curiousvashi123 2 года назад +3

    Actually I am 49 still can't understand how does the moon sees round in shape from our planet Earth and sometime my children asked me but throught your channel I now understand what exactly does moon work, thanks you so much ma'am.Lots of love and care from my family, Imphal Manipur 🇮🇳. North East India.

  • @askthebuilder
    @askthebuilder 5 лет назад +6

    Great video. Nice clear explanation with a great demonstration.

    • @askthebuilder
      @askthebuilder 4 года назад

      @Ada Ghost Perhaps you should create one and upload it to your channel and come back here with the URL so we can judge yours against this one. Looking forward to yours!

    • @debbiebopperman2049
      @debbiebopperman2049 4 года назад

      Clever, simple deceptions.

  • @Hero-te7qg
    @Hero-te7qg 6 лет назад +28

    This was the best explanation i have ever seen, thank you.

  • @BriMarteen
    @BriMarteen 2 года назад +12

    Simply the best explanation I have seen or heard. Great job.

  • @lane_reed9235
    @lane_reed9235 4 года назад +290

    Bruh who’s teacher sent you this💀

  • @soloelhashem2124
    @soloelhashem2124 5 месяцев назад +1

    This vid really reveals that simplicity creates beauty and clarity

  • @carljones7548
    @carljones7548 4 года назад +469

    who hates online school and has to watch this for science

    • @paperfrogkai
      @paperfrogkai 4 года назад +4

      meh Q-Q

    • @ea514sabitraiyan8
      @ea514sabitraiyan8 4 года назад +3

      Me😂😂

    • @sarahwilliams4802
      @sarahwilliams4802 4 года назад +2

      MEH XD

    • @brucehansen7949
      @brucehansen7949 4 года назад +2

      Satanic brainwash aka education. The earth isn't a silly ball so dumb how nobody thinks for them shelves anymore just trust these satanists with their made up garbage. The moon doesn't rotate like this idiot said it does. If the moon was a ball you'd see the other side of it but we don't. Look at it at moon rise and moon set, it tilts/spins like a steering wheel and not like a ball. Flat earth proofs... Check out these RUclips channels... A potters clay, DITRH, Eric Dubay, A plane truth 5, hundreds of good truther channels out there. Can't argue with facts and 100% agrees with the Bible and is a proven fact we're not on a globe. This is Satan's world, I know you dumb brainwashed children were taught there is no God no devil no heaven or hell but there is, heaven above hell below. You are trapped IN the earth, nobody gets out alive.

    • @BasketballBros
      @BasketballBros 4 года назад +1

      Meeeee

  • @Dastormcoming
    @Dastormcoming 4 года назад +4

    She made this so easy to understand 💙💙. Other videos go on and on.

  • @kirstencorby8465
    @kirstencorby8465 Год назад +4

    This is helpful. I never could really visualize this, but now I get it.

  • @sd.king.1802
    @sd.king.1802 5 месяцев назад +1

    I am searching for so many years but finally got the Answer..thank your for information ❤

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 5 месяцев назад

      Have you only just found out from watching this video, what causes the changing phases of the moon?

  • @sharankumar7713
    @sharankumar7713 2 года назад +12

    Nice demo, good choice of words to explain, simple, and right to the point!!! Thanks!

  • @vidishagupta1697
    @vidishagupta1697 Год назад +4

    Lovely ma'am the way you explained 😮is just awesome

  • @davids1816
    @davids1816 3 года назад +7

    A better, more succinct explanation than any fancy video I've seen so far. Well done.

    • @fromnorway643
      @fromnorway643 3 года назад

      Why use fancy animations when you can use a simple, physical demonstration like this?

  • @SoSkkk
    @SoSkkk 6 месяцев назад

    Believe me this is the best demonstration I have ever seen. Great job mam , your teaching skills are phenomenal.

  • @ntnme1730
    @ntnme1730 4 года назад +6

    Thank You soo much.. For clearing my confusion 🙏🙏❤❤ thanks alot from India.. Kerala🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

  • @matthewcook4256
    @matthewcook4256 4 года назад +7

    at 1:46 we call that crescent a waxing crescent at 2:04 we call that a waxing gibbous at 2:21 we call that a waning gibbous at 2:39 we call that a waning crescent which means that new moon is a couple of days away

    • @SWIGDOG913
      @SWIGDOG913 4 года назад +1

      Where are the pictures of a New Moon, if it's a rock shouldn't we have the camera tech to do that today?

  • @gertebert
    @gertebert Год назад +4

    If you pause at 2:36 you can clearly see some craters on the moon surface.

  • @thembahlangotsi7195
    @thembahlangotsi7195 22 дня назад

    It finally makes sense after almost forever wondering, clear illustration. Thank you.

  • @jerzyiwanowski8231
    @jerzyiwanowski8231 4 года назад +8

    Now I know why we see the moon in phases.
    Beautiful explanation.
    On all of the movies I've watched, they only show the phases without explaining why.

  • @balajisnischal3858
    @balajisnischal3858 5 лет назад +4

    This what , I was searching for to under stand the Hindu calender which is divided according to full moon and new moon , thank you

  • @fromexoplanet21
    @fromexoplanet21 2 года назад +4

    Thank you so much! This is such a beautiful demonstration, thank you💖 I'm 21 and have just realized how the orbit of the moon actually works, I'm not proud but better now than never.

    • @couchninja2997
      @couchninja2997 Год назад

      the moon has been observed in the same day sky in a observers vison and not to look away but both celestials are in ones vison so for this Reason its incorrect!

    • @manu6301
      @manu6301 Год назад

      😊😊😊👌 same to you

  • @CapturingCreature
    @CapturingCreature Год назад +2

    My childhood missed understanding is come to the reality. Best explanation ever!!

  • @Sweetmotion23
    @Sweetmotion23 4 года назад +12

    Wow! Great experiment, will try with my students next year!

  • @rogerdavis5914
    @rogerdavis5914 Год назад +3

    Thank you, I'm 76 and it's never too late to learn. Just always took th moon for granted

  • @75Dusk
    @75Dusk 3 года назад +9

    This helped me..I got an A+ bc my teacher said to talk about the moon,sun and earth!
    Thank you :)

  • @artinaforoozande8511
    @artinaforoozande8511 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you very much. I had problems in understanding that, because in the school, our teachers didn't teach us as students well. Now that I watched your video, it is fully understood. I love science.💙

  • @lindaa1856
    @lindaa1856 3 года назад +5

    Gee I finally understood. You teach better than my science teacher 🤣🤣

  • @cr4zyu
    @cr4zyu 8 лет назад +20

    In this demo, Emily hold the moon model above her head throughout her explanation. So, she is demonstrating that the moon must either revolve in some plane but either above or below the obstruction of the earth, otherwise the earth would totally eclipse the moon every revolution. This would mean most everyone on the side of the earth not facing the sun, won't be able to see the moon because of the shadow cast over the moon by the earth. It's like as if there are two 'new moons' for each revolution around the earth instead of one 'new moon'. This demo is not the complete story of what's going on. I'm still in the dark, so, can someone politely explain the anomaly I observed while watching Emily Morgan's otherwise flawed or half explanation please? Someone from the National Science Teachers Association or Emily herself preferably.

    • @blakesnipe5347
      @blakesnipe5347 8 лет назад +14

      She holds the moon above here head because the point is to show what CAUSES the phases of the moon. That point is sufficiently addressed. Your question is outside the scope of this demonstration, but it can be explained.
      First of all, understand that the scales involved are WAY off in this demonstration. The Earth and moon a lot farther apart and the Earth and sun are a lot farther apart in reality. Because of this, the position of the Earth-moon-sun system needs to be pretty perfect for the moon to cast a shadow on the Earth or the Earth to cast a shadow on the moon.
      In reality, the moon's orbit around the Earth is inclined by about 5 degrees relative to the plane that the Earth orbits in around the sun, so for the moon to actually cast a shadow on the Earth (solar eclipse - during a new moon) or for the Earth to cast a shadow on the moon (lunar eclipse - during a full moon), the moon would have to be reaching the point where its orbital plane around the Earth crosses the Earth's orbital plane around the sun at the same moment as the new moon or full moon occurs respectively. This actually happens relatively rarely, but it's not THAT rare. - otherwise eclipses would be rare, and we get a few per year - just not every month.
      Here are some basic things to know about the orbit of the moon :
      There are two ways we define the moon's orbit around the Earth. The first is the time it takes for the moon to orbit the Earth relative to distant stars. This happens about every 27.3 days, and is called the sidereal month. If the moon is crossing the ascending node of its orbit and the Earth's orbit around the sun - that is at the point where it's orbital plane intersects with the Earth's orbital plane - and the moon is coming "up" through the Earth's orbital plane (ascending), then the next time it will approach that point in its orbit is about 27.3 days.
      The second way we define the moon's orbit around the sun (the one most people are familiar with) is the synodic month. This is how long it takes to make one revolution around the Earth relative to the Earth and sun system. That is - how often do full moons repeat, new moons repeat, and so on. This is about 29.5 days. The reason they are different is because the Earth orbits the sun. In the moon's sidereal month - that is when its in the same position in its orbit with respect to space (stars), the Earth has actually moved around the sun some - so the moon has a little bit farther to go (and takes about two and a half days to do it) to get into the same relative position.
      So, now imagine you are watching a solar eclipse. The moon has passed directly in front of the sun at the moment it is crossing the ascending node in orbit. The phase the moon is currently in is the new moon phase. This phases will not happen again for 29.5 days, but the next time the moon will be crossing the ascending node will be 27.3 days, so on the next new moon, the moon will have already crossed and moved above the orbital plane of the Earth and will be 2.5 days "ahead" so to speak. On the next new moon, the moon will have intersected the Earth's orbital plane 5 days prior, and so on. Eventually, they will line up again, and the moon will intersect with the plane of the Earth at the moment of a new moon or full moon, and give us another eclipse.
      There are only two points in its orbit where the moon will be intersecting with the Earth's orbital plane - once when it intersects it moving upward (ascending node) and another point where it crosses the plane moving downward (descending node). We will only get an eclipse when the moon is at one of these nodes during a new or full moon. Since the frequency of new and full moons does not sync with the frequency with which the moon will cross one of these nodes, the frequency in which they happen at the same time is simply low.

    • @cr4zyu
      @cr4zyu 8 лет назад +2

      Thank you Blake for your thorough explanation, one I'll need to investigate more fully. I've saved what you've written here for that purpose.

    • @mameen333
      @mameen333 8 лет назад +7

      I would suggest you go with all honesty and consider flatearth model!! You will completely be enlightened as for someone like you seeking an explanation... best of luck!!

    • @cr4zyu
      @cr4zyu 8 лет назад +5

      M Ameen
      Yes, I am tending 'two-dimensionally' at the moment. NASA is a pack of thieving, lying, fascists that I can't seem to put my faith in. Yet, in these times 'the majority' don't seem to mind thieving, lying anything. Truth is the dirty word, or so I've noticed. But how UN politically correct of me.

    • @LadyAbstract
      @LadyAbstract 8 лет назад

      The thing is is that the fkat Earth theory has just as many holes as the orbit of the moon does

  • @fithri65
    @fithri65 3 года назад +8

    this makes everything better I approve for this thank you

  • @DannyWood7989
    @DannyWood7989 10 месяцев назад +1

    Ignore all other moon phase videos. This is the one you're looking for!

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 10 месяцев назад

      And yet, this particular video makes no mention of why there isn't a solar or lunar eclipse every month.
      That's quite a glaring omission, which many other videos do actually address.

  • @ginakilby1777
    @ginakilby1777 3 года назад +5

    Brilliant and simple! Thank you!🥰. I love the Moon🌑🌘🌖🌗🌕🌚🌝

  • @rajparadise
    @rajparadise 8 лет назад +25

    When she places the white ball between her head and the light , she says it is no moon day as there is no light on the moon. And then the crescent moon appears. But this time earth is facing the sun which means day time in the earth. What about the the darker side of the earth which normally witnesses moon ? We only see crescent moon during the night and not during the day time. Something is wrong in this explanation .

    • @oscarin13
      @oscarin13 6 лет назад +4

      It's not wrong, but rather simplistic.
      - "she says it is no moon day as there is no light on the moon"
      That's called a New Moon, yes. A little correction there though, the Moon is illuminated during a New Moon but on the far side. The side facing us is not receiving any sunlight.
      - "And then the crescent moon appears. But this time earth is facing the sun which means day time in the earth."
      Yes, and?
      - "What about the the darker side of the earth which normally witnesses moon"
      Therefore, at this particular phase they don't see the Moon. You can see the Moon during the night when it's still crescent and almost half-full. When it's very recent (when it looks very dim and kind of like a recently cut nail) it will set an hour or so after sunset.
      - ''We only see crescent moon during the night and not during the day time''
      Wrong. We can see the crescent Moon when it's almost half-full during the day, but not when it's very recent.

    • @jonathonpeterson6203
      @jonathonpeterson6203 6 лет назад +2

      Cresent moons appear in early evening or late morning. Full moons meanwhile are at their apogee around midnight.

    • @kulcharles
      @kulcharles 4 года назад +2

      @@oscarin13 yeah your so good ,is your head is still spining , but the shit still sticks to it ,mey be becouse you are a shit head,ha ha ha , idiot the moon its got its own course notting to do with the sun,,and by the way your explanation is not working with a spining globe ,children whom refuses to grow up

    • @farryqaadir8812
      @farryqaadir8812 4 года назад +2

      Rajkumar is bang on. The crescent new moon only appears when the sun is setting & only for about 10 minutes. But sometimes it doesn't appear bc it's below the horizon & appears the next day. The video is incorrect

    • @tribhuwansinghshekhawat423
      @tribhuwansinghshekhawat423 4 года назад +1

      Same doubt bro......want explanation..

  • @jinks908
    @jinks908 2 года назад +3

    Awesome explanation! But I have a question that perhaps I'm overthinking a bit, but I'm having difficulty making sense of the angles. If you pause at 1:24 (New Moon) and look at the thumbnail view on the bottom left, we can see that she is facing _toward_ the sun, meaning it would be daylight where she is. This means that the dark side of Earth (where it is night) is facing _away_ from the sun _and_ the moon. Now, as the moon slowly goes to waxing crescent, we see from her view the obvious sliver of moon lit up. But again, this is from the _daytime_ side of Earth. If you pause at 1:39 again in the thumbnail image, the back of her head represents night time on Earth. So how would we be able to see the crescent moon if on the night side of Earth we are facing _away_ from both the moon _and_ the sun? Wouldn't we just be looking into dark space?

    • @SpottedSharks
      @SpottedSharks 2 года назад +1

      You can see the waxing crescent at night but only for an hour or two as earth rotates it out of your view.

    • @kostas9592
      @kostas9592 Год назад +1

      When the moon is in its crescent phase, it's near the sun, and can only be seen for a few hours after sunset (waxing) or before sunrise (waning)

    • @beenschmokin
      @beenschmokin 10 месяцев назад

      Don't question the obvious wrongs in this display. Just agree and send NASA more tax money. Get your jab and turn your little boys into little girls like the supreme deity Neil d Tyson tells you to do. Because "THE science." Not science. The science. As in what we say is truth and you shut up.

  • @technowingsproject2298
    @technowingsproject2298 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for the demonstration. Was confused and couldn't find many
    references about the phases.

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 6 месяцев назад

      There are countless videos uploaded to youtube that explain the cause of the moon's phases.
      Not sure why you 'couldn't find many'?

  • @helenhughes7251
    @helenhughes7251 4 года назад +18

    Hey, Benjamin Middleton, thanks for the great vid! One small error - when the moon is directly between your head (the earth) and the sun it is an eclipse.

    • @ayaankhan2420
      @ayaankhan2420 4 года назад

      yeah

    • @wolfchic636
      @wolfchic636 4 года назад +11

      Yes, you are correct. However, the Moon's orbit is tilted slightly, which doesn't allow this to happen every month. She doesn't cover this detail in this video. I do a similar activity with my students and then we add this to the discussion and begin talking about eclipses and why don't see them every month. I think for the purpose of the video, it would be difficult to show a new moon without blocking the light because the light would create quite a glare on the camera making it difficult to see what is happening on the Moon. But, I understand your point.

    • @SWIGDOG913
      @SWIGDOG913 4 года назад +2

      The moon never eclipses the sun, bit of a problem with that assumption, completely unproven through scientific method!

    • @abecede5523
      @abecede5523 4 года назад +2

      meanwhile, the exact eclipse time were published by NASA are based on "saros cycle" which believe that the earth is static

    • @kostas9592
      @kostas9592 Год назад

      ​@@SWIGDOG913You can take long exposure photographs of the eclipse, and see the (dimly lit by the earth) near side of the moon. You can watch it move it towards the sun in the days before the eclipse and away from it after. Claiming that the moon doesn't cause eclipses is delusional

  • @latikasharma08
    @latikasharma08 5 лет назад +5

    Explained superbly. Thank you.

    • @rodg011
      @rodg011 5 лет назад

      no it is not

  • @garrettq1977
    @garrettq1977 Год назад +2

    My entire public education failed me. I did not know this. I have learned more on RUclips than school ever taught me.

    • @plinn2112
      @plinn2112 Год назад

      The more savvy teachers out there are incorporating web videos into their class nowadays.

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 Год назад

      Prior to watching this video, what did you think was the cause of the moon's phases?

    • @zeendaniels5809
      @zeendaniels5809 Год назад

      That's why you shouldn't miss classes and pay attention. It's your fault entirely.

  • @arpitamallick7201
    @arpitamallick7201 3 года назад +11

    Beautifully explained!😊 Really satisfied with your demonstrations.

  • @kioko93
    @kioko93 Год назад +1

    I love this explanation. One of the best I have ever bumped into

  • @Genethagenius
    @Genethagenius 3 года назад +131

    Whoa! I’m an adult and I found this incredibly helpful and interesting! First time I really understand why the moon looks like it does in the sky!

  • @somerandomcommenter7949
    @somerandomcommenter7949 4 года назад +259

    Whose here from their science teacher in quarantine?

  • @zohasheikh8072
    @zohasheikh8072 4 года назад +9

    It's simple to understand phases of moon by this activity .Thanks....

  • @James-hb2jz
    @James-hb2jz 10 месяцев назад +1

    The moon phases move right to left in the northern hemisphere, if you’re in the southern hemisphere, waxing moons are lit on left and waning moons are lit on the right

  • @noreencopeland2830
    @noreencopeland2830 4 года назад +10

    My grandchildren thought that this was the best video explanation about moon phases.

  • @misticmoon115
    @misticmoon115 Год назад +7

    I’m 31 years old and thanks to this video, I’ve finally grasped this concept. 🥹👏🏾 THANK YOU! These visuals were so simple yet EFFECTIVE.

  • @egypthobby
    @egypthobby 3 года назад +19

    Amazing this simple light experiments shows how light with the sun earth and moon work, but flat earthers keep trying to debunk the globe earth. Very simple to explain just with a light and a globe

    • @dankieran5936
      @dankieran5936 2 года назад

      I Kid you not but this can be found in the comments
      It's the fault of camera guy actually
      לח
      Ramdancer 11 mo ago
      @Out Of Time That's because the Moon has it's own light, no reflection of Sunlight, ever...
      If that was the case, the Moon would never have phases, it'll be full everyday!
      Out Of Time 11 mo ago @Ramdancer Exactly. They want us to believe that the Sun lights up the Moon, behind the scenes. Rather than in front of our faces. Ya right. It's good to hear others, who have great sense.

  • @richardbrownjr2815
    @richardbrownjr2815 4 года назад +8

    Thanks for the demonstration! I am always in awe of the wonders of God's creation; what a Master mind!

    • @shashanks4190
      @shashanks4190 4 года назад +1

      I have bad news for ya pal..... There's no god.

    • @oneeyeshigher3063
      @oneeyeshigher3063 4 года назад

      @@shashanks4190 Phew thats a relief. God seems like a total power crazed narcissist demanding worship giving people cancer- famine- war-plague... sending babies to hell because they haven't pledged allegiance or maybe someone studied the wrong version of some ancient gibberish .....what a total git. Imagine spending eternity praising and giving thanks basically having to be a total suck up for ever..and ever ...and ever....never stops....ever..... infinity ....
      thank abiogenesis we're mortal and get to exist and see this wonder at all.

    • @richardbrownjr2815
      @richardbrownjr2815 4 года назад

      @@shashanks4190 God reveals himself to all who want to know him and seek him with all their heart (Jeremiah 29:13): "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." Just as a luxury automobile was manufactured, all these great systems within the universe and in our bodies did not just happen; they were divinely and intelligently manufactured (John 1). Take care.

  • @azayn2434
    @azayn2434 5 месяцев назад

    Most concise explanation I've seen on RUclips. Thanks!

  • @faizakhan8622
    @faizakhan8622 4 года назад +7

    Thanks alot for the video it helped us to understand the concept clearly

  • @namishkamendonca9517
    @namishkamendonca9517 Год назад +4

    This is such a simple and easy demonstration which helped me remember the phases of the moon better!

    • @sam_shubh_18
      @sam_shubh_18 Год назад

      Hii

    • @sam_shubh_18
      @sam_shubh_18 Год назад

      I want to develop my communication skill, so I have a need of a person talk with me in English so that skill develop
      Can u help for this ?

  • @sammam2244
    @sammam2244 5 лет назад +7

    Thanks mam! now I could understood the concept of it......

  • @FideleVergan
    @FideleVergan Год назад +1

    It would be very interesting if the same story were shown by the lunar changes according to the calendar exactly after 6 months, when the earth and the moon will be in opposition of the current picture with the sun. From which side will the moon begin to rise. Your model is excellent for such a display. It would be very instructive. I ask this because the calendar shows exact repetitions of the phases of the moon - regardless of the position in the circle around the sun. Thank you very much.
    Greetings from Slovenia

  • @sokbok
    @sokbok 4 года назад +11

    simple, concise, and accurate. THANK YOU

  • @michelpapineau8868
    @michelpapineau8868 4 года назад +5

    What an awesome, simple explanation. I can't wait to do the 'experiment' with my daughter.

    • @couchninja2997
      @couchninja2997 Год назад

      the moon has been observed in the same day sky in a observers vison and not to look away but both celestials are in ones vison so for this Reason its incorrect!

  • @ishratfarooqui1630
    @ishratfarooqui1630 4 года назад +6

    Thank you ma'am, u r awesome, now I completely understand the phases of moon thankyou so much 😍😍

  • @waselcheema1259
    @waselcheema1259 2 года назад +2

    That is the best and easy example ever I saw about moon phases.
    Thank you 😊

  • @nebulaorion716
    @nebulaorion716 7 лет назад +19

    I just did this how did you get a full moon with the earth in between the sun and moon it should block it IT DOES CAUSE I JUST TRIED IT

    • @Loveitmore1
      @Loveitmore1 7 лет назад +11

      The moon is not directly in line with the sun and the earth. It's about 5 degrees off. Enough to see the whole moon illuminated. In the video, you can see she is holding the white styrofoam ball (the moon) slightly higher than her eye line.

    • @Vedantka
      @Vedantka 7 лет назад +8

      Both: the new moon and the full moon can be observable during the night and during a day. So, it is even not possible to demonstrate that FAKE heliocentric model correctly according to real life observations! Plus
      her "moon" does NOT spin and her head does not spin either ....hahahaha... we live on stationary flat earth and the moon does NOT spin indeed but rotates like a wheel from left to right and back...

    • @Varvarinaccc
      @Varvarinaccc 7 лет назад +6

      It's not directly in between the moon and the sun (hint: don't think in 2D, try 3D). She didn't give a good explanation in my opinion. Here's a better one: Moon Phases: Crash Course Astronomy #4 (type it in RUclips).
      Oh, and don't pay attention to those "earth is flat" comments, obviously they didn't make it to high school.

    • @amrelalfy3611
      @amrelalfy3611 7 лет назад +4

      I agree, I don't know if the earth is flat or not, I am wobbling between both models lol. but I agree with you, if the moon is going to be full moon it will have to be significantly higher than the earth, which doesn't make sense how is gravity working elevating the moon significantly above the earth as the lady is demonstrating. second problem is moon will be never visible in Australia, nor south America if it is that much higher than earth.
      last note, I know there is not up or down in space, what I mean is rotating above the north pole, so sun light would travel not obstructed by earth so it is very bright and reflect the light back to the dark side of earth.

    • @jamescundiff9574
      @jamescundiff9574 7 лет назад

      gopika I love dumbass people like you who think you have it figured out but are way off lmao

  • @truthseeker2560
    @truthseeker2560 6 лет назад +5

    wooow, how simply u have explained us everything.thanx for sharing.i really wanted to know about it.

    • @AprilSixth
      @AprilSixth 5 лет назад

      POSITIVE THINKER she’s wrong

  • @hagiospneuma23
    @hagiospneuma23 8 лет назад +8

    Brilliant way of showing it! This really helped!!! Thank you

  • @PrabhjotSingh-ku5nv
    @PrabhjotSingh-ku5nv Год назад +1

    So beautifully explained... Thanks a lot

  • @asully3006
    @asully3006 8 лет назад +11

    Bravo!!! great explanation!!!

    • @asully3006
      @asully3006 8 лет назад +3

      But your sister was better than my mommy!! :)--

  • @JasonHawkins-jasmic
    @JasonHawkins-jasmic 4 года назад +7

    On behalf of all the people here to try and actually learn something, I apologise for all the idiots leaving comments about science being fake. As a teacher I can honestly say that myself and my comrades tried, we really did, but some people are just beyond our help. I tried to teach someone about binary once. I asked her what one plus zero was. She said three. Unfortunately this is the level of intellect we are dealing with

    • @potatosmasher1072
      @potatosmasher1072 4 года назад

      Jason Hawkins What’s the point of asking what one plus zero is while teaching binary lol

  • @airmenjourney8916
    @airmenjourney8916 4 года назад +15

    mam thanks a lot .it made my day

  • @davidschmidt6013
    @davidschmidt6013 Год назад

    Now that I'm shadow-banned for the crime of being conservative, I just wanted to post a quick reminder that this is the BEST vid for schoolkids on this topic I've ever seen. Retired Science teacher here, and I hope someone sees this before it's taken down.

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 Год назад +2

      Even though this video is aimed at 'schoolkids', there will be some 'smart' students who will ask why there isn't a solar and lunar eclipse every month, but the explanation for this is not contained in this video.

  • @eddieclayton989
    @eddieclayton989 6 лет назад +15

    The problem is that you are standing in one place and not walking around the lamp.

    • @Ravaxr
      @Ravaxr 6 лет назад +6

      The moon orbits the earth a dozen times over the course of a year. It's good enough for the demonstration. And no, it does not cause the phases the somehow invert. Try this out for yourself. Rotate the same direction on both sides. The phases will be identical.

    • @proverbs2522
      @proverbs2522 5 лет назад +2

      There's alot of problems with this.

    • @JohnDoe-bf1fw
      @JohnDoe-bf1fw 5 лет назад +2

      @@proverbs2522 use the actual moon instead of the ball and you will discover a lot more problems.

    • @jeffersonmayfield6701
      @jeffersonmayfield6701 5 лет назад +1

      Well let's discuss the problems please. Or is there a solid resource you'd recommend? I can quite put my finger on why this doesn't make sense @Angel Humphrey @John Doe

    • @jeffersonmayfield6701
      @jeffersonmayfield6701 5 лет назад +3

      If this was correct, we would go for two weeks without the moon in view during night time right?

  • @soozeedooz
    @soozeedooz 4 года назад +4

    I had to watch this for science LOL but it all make sence now thank you

  • @aakash8003
    @aakash8003 4 года назад +179

    who understood first time in life 🤣

  • @RainaJain-t2r
    @RainaJain-t2r Год назад +1

    You are the bestest teacher.... Hope to be a student of yours... ❤

  • @beactivebehappy9894
    @beactivebehappy9894 4 года назад +52

    0:39 that's what she said

  • @DonKeyTube1978
    @DonKeyTube1978 4 года назад +5

    Thank you. I thought I knew how the moon worked. Mind blown. And I'm only 4 beers deep. But I balanced it out with some bong hits. Cheers

  • @thundercracked6336
    @thundercracked6336 4 года назад +5

    Don't worry Luna. It's just a phase.

  • @hubbyhusshies
    @hubbyhusshies Месяц назад

    Bless this video for explaining it in such straighforward manner.