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Jenny and Nathan were best friends.   Every night 

after dinner, they would play outside until bed 

time.   One night, after catching fireflies, the two 

laid down in the grass and looked at the sky.

Soon, the two were called inside to get ready for bed

As she was getting ready for bed, Jenny asked her mom how 

many moons were in the sky and what shapes they made.

Jenny’s mom explained that 

there was only one moon. 

She said maybe they could 

figure out all of the shapes 

themselves.   Jenny’s mom 

helped Jenny print out a 

calendar so Jenny could 

keep track of the shape of 

the Moon every night for an 

entire month!   Every night 

before Jenny went out to 

play with Nathan, she would 

use an Oreo to record in her 

calendar what the Moon 

looked like.

This is the calendar

 they made

One night, after Jenny put her Oreo onto her moon 

calendar, she went outside to find Nathan talking 

to a strange creature in the yard.

"You're from space!" Jenny exclaimed as she ran up to the 

alien.   Jenny started to ask the alien all of her questions 

about the Moon.

Overwhelmed with questions, the alien decided that it was 

best to give Jenny a better look for herself to see what was 

really happening in Space.

The Moon was running 

around the Earth. He 

realized that where the 

Moon was in its path 

would change what 

face of the Moon

Once they got into space, 

Nathan noticed that the 

Moon and the Earth were 

playing a game of hide and 

seek.  

 the Earth saw.

The shapes we see, also called phases of the Moon, are 

created by light reflected from the Sun. The part of the Moon 

facing the Sun stays lit, and the part not facing the Sun stays 

dark.” 

   “That’s right!” said the alien. “The Moon travels 

in an orbit around the Earth, moving near and far 

from the Sun. 

 “That’s kind of like a flashlight shining on a ball!” Jenny 

noticed. “Wherever you shine the light is where you can see 

the ball. Wherever you don’t shine the light stays dark."

“Exactly!” said the alien. “Each position the Moon is in has a 

name, too…"

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