Moon Phase Question/ Response

What can you learn about the moon and its motions from observing and
recording its shape and noting the time you saw it? 

   You can lean a lot from watching the moon and observing its motions and recording its shape every night. I saw the moon go from one phase to another. The following sentences are the moon cycle and the phases the moon goes through. I saw the moon start as new moon. Then after a few days the moon went into the phase of waxing crescent. After the phase of waxing crescent the moon went into the phase of first quarter for a few days. After being the phase of a first quarter, the moon becomes the phase of a waxing gibbous. The next phase after the waxing gibbous phase that the moon goes through is the phase of full moon for a few days. The next phase after full moon is waning gibbous and then a third quarter. The next phase after a third quarter is waning crescent and then the moon goes back to a new moon. The phases of the moon change everyday into a new phase.  There are sometimes two full moons in one month.  It is true that sometimes during the day you can only see the moon. At night the sky can have the moon and also some bright stars. The moon gets bigger as you watch it until it gets to a whole circle and a full moon. These are my observations and recordings. 

I found this video to be very helpful for me to explain to my class the different changes of the moon and how we view from earth. The astronomer explains how each moon phase is seen. The video explains how the moon is seen in the southern hemisphere. The moon spins once around the axis. The astronomer explains about new moon, first quarter, full moon, and third quarter and how these different phases look. She explains how the moon looks to us on earth. I thought that it was important for my class to learn about the different phases from an educated person who studies the stars.  This is an educational video that is very helpful to teaching the phase of the moon and it is educational and great for the students in the class to see and learn from.