# @thespacegal on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CThdhSOr07Y - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19515367-thespacegal-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/legacy-do/a1d507e9549a7cb7aa5c80b403ceb9feea0b3105aa0d691b87f70d8469d89fe1.jpg - **Posted:** 2021-09-07T13:54:51.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Emily Calandrelli (@thespacegal) β€” https://gondola.cc/thespacegal ## Caption πŸŒ–I'm partnering with ClaritinUSA and OutsideologistProject to help encourage families to #GetOutside! One fun activity you can do this month is to observe the phases of the moon with chalk drawings! πŸŒ•πŸŒ–πŸŒ—πŸŒ˜πŸŒ‘ Each day/night, let’s use chalk to draw the moon that you see in the sky. Remember the moon will rise and set at different times depending on where you're located, but it should be visible for about 12 hours each day - so keep your eyes peeled! Watch how the moon progresses from the New Moon phase (when it's completely in shadow) to a waxing crescent, to a 1st quarter moon, to a waxing gibbous, to a Full Moon (when it's completely illuminated by the sun). The moon is orbiting the Earth and as it does this, different parts of the moon are illuminated by the sun. Depending on where it is in its orbit, none/part/or all of the side of the moon that we see will be lit up! Use binoculars to get a closer look! Do you see those dark spots on the surface? Those are craters and they're going to be on the moon for a very long time. The moon doesn't have an atmosphere or weather that helps "recycle" the land like we have here on Earth. So when an asteroid β˜„οΈ hits the moon, that crater will just...stay there! The moon will repeat phases every 29.5 days, so try to do this each day of the month and see if you can spot all of the different phases the moon goes through! What questions about the moon do you have? πŸŒ™Drop them below! And don’t forget to tune in on September 20th for a LIVE stream on oustideologistproject where I’ll be talking more about moon phases, planets, and more! #ClaritinPartner #Outsideologist ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 1,216 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 29 ## Tags getoutside, claritinpartner, outsideologist --- Copyright (c) Gondola