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Is a last quarter a crescent moon?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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The last quarter looks like half a moon, whereas a crescent moon (aka waning crescent or waxing crescent ) looks like a quarter of the moon.

So no they are not the same.

type in on Google "moon phases" and it'll show pictures of all the moon phases.

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