How long does it take for a phase of the moon to change to another one?

Answer 1

AnswerIt takes roughly 28-29 days. The phrase month means something near moon cycle or just month. It originally was called a Moonth because that was how long it took to go through all phases. Originally months were 28 days long

Answer 2

Every month. One month, give or take is when the moon goes through its full cycle. From new moon to [waxing crescent] to first quarter (week one) then to [waxing gibbous] to full moon (week two) then to [waning gibbous] to third quarter (week three) to [waning crescent] and finally by the end of the fourth week, new moon again.

Answer 3

2 days does not divide equally between all the phases of the moon. the answer would have to be somewhere between 2 and 3 days if you were to do it equally.

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Actually, it is exactly 3.69125 days according to my calculator. Use the sum 29.53 (the time it takes to complete a whole rotation around the Earth) divided by 8 (the number of stages or phases).

Answer 4

The full lunar cycle is 28 days from full moon to full moon. So, from full to last half is seven days, to new moon (no moon visible) is fourteen days, to first half is twenty-one days, and back to full moon is 28 days. Easy math from basic astronomy

Answer 5

That depends on how many phases you think there are. It takes about 29.5 days for a complete cycle. If you think there are four phases, then each lasts a little over a week. If you think there are 8, then each lasts a little under 4 days. If you think there are 29 and a half, then each lasts one day.

Answer 6

New moon to New moon takes 29.53 days. During this time the moon goes through several phases;

(New moon)

Waxing crescent moon

(First quarter moon - half moon)

Waxing gibbous moon

(Full moon)

Waning gibbous moon

(Last quarter moon - half moon)

Waning crescent moon

(Dark moon)

So roughly 7.5 days between each; New-half, half-full, full-half, half-new.

Answer 7

Some of the named phases are instants in time ... first quarter, third quarter, new moon.

Some of the named phases are descriptions that last almost a week ... crescent, gibbous.

'New Moon', 'First Quarter', 'Full Moon', 'Third Quarter' are all moments in time,

spaced 7.38 days apart, and each of those 7.38-day gaps is filled with another

phase.

Answer 8

How many phases are there ? How many different shapes can you distinguish ?

Is a fat crescent the same phase as a skinny crescent ?

Is the day before the full moon ... with a bit missing from the left side ... the same phase as the day after the full moon,
with a bit missing from the right side ?

However many individual shapes you decide that you can recognize, the average time it takes the moon
to go through each of them is

(29.53 days) divided by (the number of phases you can distinguish).

Answer 9

it takes about a month to get back to New Moon

Answer 10

The moon changes phase continuously over a cycle of 29.53 days. (29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes)