Lunar Phases

Explore the wonderful variations of the moon's face as seen from the earth. Discover your own ability to understand this phenomenon that has been written on by poets and philosophers throughout history.

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/moon/lunar_phases_main.html

Also, try out this activity to learn about the moon and tides:

http://www.can-do.com/uci/lessons99/moon.html

Amy Lowell - The Crescent Moon

Slipping softly through the sky
Little horned, happy moon,
Can you hear me up so high?
Will you come down soon?
On my nursery window-sill
Will you stay your steady flight?
And then float away with me
Through the summer night?
Brushing over tops of trees,
Playing hide and seek with stars,
Peeping up through shiny clouds
At Jupiter or Mars.
I shall fill my lap with roses
Gathered in the milky way,
All to carry home to mother.
Oh! what will she say!
Little rocking, sailing moon,
Do you hear me shout -- Ahoy!
Just a little nearer, moon,
To please a little boy.