Phases of the Moon. In Western culture, the four principal phases of the Moon are new moon, first quarter, full moon, and third quarter (also known as last quarter).
by Lucy 3 years ago. The United States captured Guam on 21 June 1898 during the Spanish-American war. At that time Guam was officially a territory belonging to Spain, as it had been since the 17th century when it was taken over by Spanish colonists. On December 10 of the same year, Spain formally handed over the island to the US when it signed the Treaty of Paris. However, the treaty only came legally into effect the following year on 11 April 1899, so that could be seen as the year that the US formally took possession of the territory.
Currently, there are sixteen territories of the United States, five of which are permanently inhabited: Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.embers of Congress from the territories seated as of January 2015 are: Gregorio Sablan for the Northern Mariana Islands; Madeleine Bordallo for Guam; Amata Coleman Radewagen for American Samoa; Pedro Pierluisi for Puerto Rico; and Stacey Plaskett for the U.S. Virgin Islands.