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AstroLunarphasesAdvancedB_Study-v1s1

1. At 6am a waning crescent moon would be}

___ a) below the western horizon
___ b) high in western sky
___ c) eastern horizon
___ d) high in eastern sky
___ e) below the eastern horizon

2. At 3pm a third quarter moon would be}

___ a) below the western horizon
___ b) nadir
___ c) high in eastern sky
___ d) overhead
___ e) eastern horizon

3. At noon a waning crescent moon would be}

___ a) high in western sky
___ b) nadir
___ c) overhead
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) high in eastern sky

4. At 9pm a waxing crescent moon would be}

___ a) western horizon
___ b) high in eastern sky
___ c) below the western horizon
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) overhead

5. At 9am a waxing crescent moon would be}

___ a) overhead
___ b) below the western horizon
___ c) high in eastern sky
___ d) nadir
___ e) eastern horizon

6. At 3am a waxing crescent moon would be}

___ a) below the eastern horizon
___ b) below the western horizon
___ c) high in western sky
___ d) overhead
___ e) nadir

7. At 3am a waning gibbous moon would be}

___ a) overhead
___ b) high in western sky
___ c) western horizon
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) nadir

8. At 9am a third quarter moon would be}

___ a) high in western sky
___ b) nadir
___ c) high in eastern sky
___ d) western horizon
___ e) below the eastern horizon

9. At 9pm a 1st quarter moon would be}

___ a) high in eastern sky
___ b) overhead
___ c) high in western sky
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) below the western horizon

10. At 3pm a new moon would be}

___ a) high in western sky
___ b) nadir
___ c) below the eastern horizon
___ d) overhead
___ e) high in eastern sky

11. At 3pm a waning crescent moon would be}

___ a) high in eastern sky
___ b) nadir
___ c) below the eastern horizon
___ d) western horizon
___ e) high in western sky

12. At 9pm a waxing gibbous moon would be}

___ a) below the western horizon
___ b) high in western sky
___ c) nadir
___ d) below the eastern horizon
___ e) overhead

13. At 3pm a waxing gibbous moon would be}

___ a) high in eastern sky
___ b) below the eastern horizon
___ c) high in western sky
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) below the western horizon

14. At midnight a waning gibbous moon would be}

___ a) high in western sky
___ b) western horizon
___ c) eastern horizon
___ d) high in eastern sky
___ e) below the western horizon

15. At 6am a waxing crescent moon would be}

___ a) below the western horizon
___ b) overhead
___ c) below the eastern horizon
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) nadir

16. At 9pm a new moon would be}

___ a) below the western horizon
___ b) below the eastern horizon
___ c) high in western sky
___ d) western horizon
___ e) nadir

17. At 9pm a waning gibbous moon would be}

___ a) eastern horizon
___ b) nadir
___ c) high in eastern sky
___ d) high in western sky
___ e) below the western horizon

18. At 3am a 1st quarter moon would be}

___ a) below the western horizon
___ b) eastern horizon
___ c) high in eastern sky
___ d) high in western sky
___ e) nadir

19. At 3pm a waxing crescent moon would be}

___ a) nadir
___ b) below the eastern horizon
___ c) high in eastern sky
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) overhead

20. At 9am a new moon would be}

___ a) eastern horizon
___ b) overhead
___ c) high in western sky
___ d) below the western horizon
___ e) high in eastern sky

21. At 9am a waning crescent moon would be}

___ a) nadir
___ b) western horizon
___ c) overhead
___ d) below the eastern horizon
___ e) eastern horizon

22. At 9am a waxing gibbous moon would be}

___ a) nadir
___ b) high in western sky
___ c) high in eastern sky
___ d) western horizon
___ e) eastern horizon

23. At 3am a waning crescent moon would be}

___ a) overhead
___ b) nadir
___ c) high in eastern sky
___ d) western horizon
___ e) eastern horizon

24. At midnight a waning crescent moon would be}

___ a) below the western horizon
___ b) overhead
___ c) western horizon
___ d) nadir
___ e) below the eastern horizon

25. At 9pm a full moon would be}

___ a) below the western horizon
___ b) overhead
___ c) eastern horizon
___ d) high in eastern sky
___ e) nadir

26. At 6am a waning gibbous moon would be}

___ a) nadir
___ b) high in western sky
___ c) below the western horizon
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) below the eastern horizon

27. At 3pm a full moon would be}

___ a) below the eastern horizon
___ b) below the western horizon
___ c) nadir
___ d) high in eastern sky
___ e) western horizon

28. At midnight a waxing gibbous moon would be}

___ a) high in eastern sky
___ b) below the western horizon
___ c) high in western sky
___ d) overhead
___ e) below the eastern horizon

29. At 9am a waning gibbous moon would be}

___ a) high in western sky
___ b) western horizon
___ c) nadir
___ d) high in eastern sky
___ e) overhead

30. At 3am a waxing gibbous moon would be}

___ a) western horizon
___ b) high in western sky
___ c) overhead
___ d) below the eastern horizon
___ e) nadir

31. At 6pm a waning crescent moon would be}

___ a) below the eastern horizon
___ b) eastern horizon
___ c) below the western horizon
___ d) western horizon
___ e) nadir

32. At 3am a new moon would be}

___ a) nadir
___ b) below the eastern horizon
___ c) overhead
___ d) high in eastern sky
___ e) eastern horizon

33. At noon a waxing gibbous moon would be}

___ a) nadir
___ b) overhead
___ c) high in western sky
___ d) high in eastern sky
___ e) below the eastern horizon

34. At 9am a 1st quarter moon would be}

___ a) high in western sky
___ b) nadir
___ c) below the eastern horizon
___ d) below the western horizon
___ e) western horizon

35. At 3pm a waning gibbous moon would be}

___ a) eastern horizon
___ b) overhead
___ c) high in western sky
___ d) western horizon
___ e) nadir

36. At 9am a full moon would be}

___ a) below the eastern horizon
___ b) eastern horizon
___ c) western horizon
___ d) below the western horizon
___ e) overhead

37. At 6pm a waxing gibbous moon would be}

___ a) eastern horizon
___ b) below the western horizon
___ c) nadir
___ d) western horizon
___ e) high in eastern sky

38. At 9pm a third quarter moon would be}

___ a) high in western sky
___ b) nadir
___ c) below the eastern horizon
___ d) high in eastern sky
___ e) below the western horizon

39. At 9pm a waning crescent moon would be}

___ a) below the eastern horizon
___ b) high in western sky
___ c) high in eastern sky
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) nadir

40. At noon a waxing crescent moon would be}

___ a) high in eastern sky
___ b) nadir
___ c) high in western sky
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) overhead

41. At 3am a third quarter moon would be}

___ a) high in eastern sky
___ b) below the eastern horizon
___ c) below the western horizon
___ d) nadir
___ e) eastern horizon

42. At 3am a full moon would be}

___ a) western horizon
___ b) below the western horizon
___ c) high in western sky
___ d) nadir
___ e) high in eastern sky

43. At 6pm a waxing crescent moon would be}

___ a) high in western sky
___ b) nadir
___ c) overhead
___ d) eastern horizon
___ e) western horizon

44. At 3pm a 1st quarter moon would be}

___ a) high in western sky
___ b) below the eastern horizon
___ c) below the western horizon
___ d) western horizon
___ e) high in eastern sky

45. At noon a waning gibbous moon would be}

___ a) western horizon
___ b) nadir
___ c) below the western horizon
___ d) overhead
___ e) high in western sky

46. At midnight a waxing crescent moon would be}

___ a) overhead
___ b) below the western horizon
___ c) eastern horizon
___ d) high in eastern sky
___ e) high in western sky

47. At 6am a waxing gibbous moon would be}

___ a) nadir
___ b) below the eastern horizon
___ c) below the western horizon
___ d) high in eastern sky
___ e) eastern horizon

48. At 6pm a waning gibbous moon would be}

___ a) high in eastern sky
___ b) western horizon
___ c) below the western horizon
___ d) below the eastern horizon
___ e) high in western sky


Key to AstroLunarphasesAdvancedB_Study-v1s1

1. At 6am a waning crescent moon would be}

- a) below the western horizon
- b) high in western sky
- c) eastern horizon
+ d) high in eastern sky
- e) below the eastern horizon

2. At 3pm a third quarter moon would be}

+ a) below the western horizon
- b) nadir
- c) high in eastern sky
- d) overhead
- e) eastern horizon

3. At noon a waning crescent moon would be}

+ a) high in western sky
- b) nadir
- c) overhead
- d) eastern horizon
- e) high in eastern sky

4. At 9pm a waxing crescent moon would be}

+ a) western horizon
- b) high in eastern sky
- c) below the western horizon
- d) eastern horizon
- e) overhead

5. At 9am a waxing crescent moon would be}

- a) overhead
- b) below the western horizon
- c) high in eastern sky
- d) nadir
+ e) eastern horizon

6. At 3am a waxing crescent moon would be}

- a) below the eastern horizon
- b) below the western horizon
- c) high in western sky
- d) overhead
+ e) nadir

7. At 3am a waning gibbous moon would be}

+ a) overhead
- b) high in western sky
- c) western horizon
- d) eastern horizon
- e) nadir

8. At 9am a third quarter moon would be}

+ a) high in western sky
- b) nadir
- c) high in eastern sky
- d) western horizon
- e) below the eastern horizon

9. At 9pm a 1st quarter moon would be}

- a) high in eastern sky
- b) overhead
+ c) high in western sky
- d) eastern horizon
- e) below the western horizon

10. At 3pm a new moon would be}

+ a) high in western sky
- b) nadir
- c) below the eastern horizon
- d) overhead
- e) high in eastern sky

11. At 3pm a waning crescent moon would be}

- a) high in eastern sky
- b) nadir
- c) below the eastern horizon
+ d) western horizon
- e) high in western sky

12. At 9pm a waxing gibbous moon would be}

- a) below the western horizon
- b) high in western sky
- c) nadir
- d) below the eastern horizon
+ e) overhead

13. At 3pm a waxing gibbous moon would be}

- a) high in eastern sky
- b) below the eastern horizon
- c) high in western sky
+ d) eastern horizon
- e) below the western horizon

14. At midnight a waning gibbous moon would be}

- a) high in western sky
- b) western horizon
- c) eastern horizon
+ d) high in eastern sky
- e) below the western horizon

15. At 6am a waxing crescent moon would be}

- a) below the western horizon
- b) overhead
+ c) below the eastern horizon
- d) eastern horizon
- e) nadir

16. At 9pm a new moon would be}

+ a) below the western horizon
- b) below the eastern horizon
- c) high in western sky
- d) western horizon
- e) nadir

17. At 9pm a waning gibbous moon would be}

+ a) eastern horizon
- b) nadir
- c) high in eastern sky
- d) high in western sky
- e) below the western horizon

18. At 3am a 1st quarter moon would be}

+ a) below the western horizon
- b) eastern horizon
- c) high in eastern sky
- d) high in western sky
- e) nadir

19. At 3pm a waxing crescent moon would be}

- a) nadir
- b) below the eastern horizon
- c) high in eastern sky
- d) eastern horizon
+ e) overhead

20. At 9am a new moon would be}

- a) eastern horizon
- b) overhead
- c) high in western sky
- d) below the western horizon
+ e) high in eastern sky

21. At 9am a waning crescent moon would be}

- a) nadir
- b) western horizon
+ c) overhead
- d) below the eastern horizon
- e) eastern horizon

22. At 9am a waxing gibbous moon would be}

+ a) nadir
- b) high in western sky
- c) high in eastern sky
- d) western horizon
- e) eastern horizon

23. At 3am a waning crescent moon would be}

- a) overhead
- b) nadir
- c) high in eastern sky
- d) western horizon
+ e) eastern horizon

24. At midnight a waning crescent moon would be}

- a) below the western horizon
- b) overhead
- c) western horizon
- d) nadir
+ e) below the eastern horizon

25. At 9pm a full moon would be}

- a) below the western horizon
- b) overhead
- c) eastern horizon
+ d) high in eastern sky
- e) nadir

26. At 6am a waning gibbous moon would be}

- a) nadir
+ b) high in western sky
- c) below the western horizon
- d) eastern horizon
- e) below the eastern horizon

27. At 3pm a full moon would be}

+ a) below the eastern horizon
- b) below the western horizon
- c) nadir
- d) high in eastern sky
- e) western horizon

28. At midnight a waxing gibbous moon would be}

- a) high in eastern sky
- b) below the western horizon
+ c) high in western sky
- d) overhead
- e) below the eastern horizon

29. At 9am a waning gibbous moon would be}

- a) high in western sky
+ b) western horizon
- c) nadir
- d) high in eastern sky
- e) overhead

30. At 3am a waxing gibbous moon would be}

+ a) western horizon
- b) high in western sky
- c) overhead
- d) below the eastern horizon
- e) nadir

31. At 6pm a waning crescent moon would be}

- a) below the eastern horizon
- b) eastern horizon
+ c) below the western horizon
- d) western horizon
- e) nadir

32. At 3am a new moon would be}

- a) nadir
+ b) below the eastern horizon
- c) overhead
- d) high in eastern sky
- e) eastern horizon

33. At noon a waxing gibbous moon would be}

- a) nadir
- b) overhead
- c) high in western sky
- d) high in eastern sky
+ e) below the eastern horizon

34. At 9am a 1st quarter moon would be}

- a) high in western sky
- b) nadir
+ c) below the eastern horizon
- d) below the western horizon
- e) western horizon

35. At 3pm a waning gibbous moon would be}

- a) eastern horizon
- b) overhead
- c) high in western sky
- d) western horizon
+ e) nadir

36. At 9am a full moon would be}

- a) below the eastern horizon
- b) eastern horizon
- c) western horizon
+ d) below the western horizon
- e) overhead

37. At 6pm a waxing gibbous moon would be}

- a) eastern horizon
- b) below the western horizon
- c) nadir
- d) western horizon
+ e) high in eastern sky

38. At 9pm a third quarter moon would be}

- a) high in western sky
- b) nadir
+ c) below the eastern horizon
- d) high in eastern sky
- e) below the western horizon

39. At 9pm a waning crescent moon would be}

- a) below the eastern horizon
- b) high in western sky
- c) high in eastern sky
- d) eastern horizon
+ e) nadir

40. At noon a waxing crescent moon would be}

+ a) high in eastern sky
- b) nadir
- c) high in western sky
- d) eastern horizon
- e) overhead

41. At 3am a third quarter moon would be}

+ a) high in eastern sky
- b) below the eastern horizon
- c) below the western horizon
- d) nadir
- e) eastern horizon

42. At 3am a full moon would be}

- a) western horizon
- b) below the western horizon
+ c) high in western sky
- d) nadir
- e) high in eastern sky

43. At 6pm a waxing crescent moon would be}

+ a) high in western sky
- b) nadir
- c) overhead
- d) eastern horizon
- e) western horizon

44. At 3pm a 1st quarter moon would be}

- a) high in western sky
- b) below the eastern horizon
- c) below the western horizon
- d) western horizon
+ e) high in eastern sky

45. At noon a waning gibbous moon would be}

- a) western horizon
- b) nadir
+ c) below the western horizon
- d) overhead
- e) high in western sky

46. At midnight a waxing crescent moon would be}

- a) overhead
+ b) below the western horizon
- c) eastern horizon
- d) high in eastern sky
- e) high in western sky

47. At 6am a waxing gibbous moon would be}

- a) nadir
- b) below the eastern horizon
+ c) below the western horizon
- d) high in eastern sky
- e) eastern horizon

48. At 6pm a waning gibbous moon would be}

- a) high in eastern sky
- b) western horizon
- c) below the western horizon
+ d) below the eastern horizon
- e) high in western sky


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