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Looking for geography college entrance examination questions about moon phases over the years, preferably with answers and explanations.

A tourist group hopes to enjoy the "Lei Feng (Tower) sunset" at West Lake in Hangzhou while also experiencing the situation of "the moon reaches the zenith (the moon is at its highest height) and the wind blows from the water". (Note: The moon’s revolution period is about 30 days. On the first day of the lunar calendar, the moon’s apparent position in the sky is closest to the sun).

1. If the tour group sees "the moon reaches the middle of the sky" around 16:00 on a certain day, then that day is on the lunar calendar

A. The second day of the lunar month B. The fifth day of the lunar month C. Eighth day D. Eleventh day

Note: The time when the moon reaches its zenith is 0.8 hours later than when the sun reaches its zenith, which is determined by the moon moving about 12 degrees eastward every day

2. Which of the following determines whether the moon phase described in the following poem is the first quarter moon? ( )

A. Where did you wake up tonight? On the bank of the willows, the dawn wind is waning, the moon is setting, the crows are crying, and the sky is covered with frost. The rivers, maples, and fishing fires are facing melancholy.

C. The moon is above the willow branches, and people meet after dusk. D. The spring river tide is connected to the sea level, and the bright moon on the sea is full of tides.

Idea analysis: The appearance of the first quarter moon and the last quarter moon, the crescent moon and the waning moon are similar, but the time, location and direction of the bright side of their appearance are different. The crescent moon and the first quarter moon appear in the western sky in the evening and first half of the night respectively, and their "faces" are facing west, that is, the western half is bright; the waning moon and the first quarter moon appear in the eastern sky at dawn and in the second half of the night respectively, and their "faces" "It faces east, that is, the east half is bright. Since the lunar calendar dates in our country are arranged according to the moon phases, the working people in ancient my country sometimes relied on it to judge the lunar calendar dates and the approximate time of night.