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What are the phases of the moon?

Updated: 9/11/2023
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The phases of the moon are determined by how much of the illuminated half of the Moon can be observed from Earth (from which only one face is visible). Beginning with the New Moon, when the Moon is directly between the Earth and the Sun, the phases are:

  • New moon (0% illuminated)
  • Waxing crescent moon (1% to 49%)
  • First quarter moon (50%)
  • Waxing gibbous moon (51% to 99%)
  • Full moon (100%)
  • Waning gibbous moon (99% to 51%)
  • Last quarter moon (50%)
  • Waning crescent moon (49% to 1%)
  • (and back to New)

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new moon,waxing crescent,first quarter,waxing gibbous,full moon,waning gibbous,last quarter,waning crescent.

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their are 8 moon phases and they are full moon, new moon, waning gibbous, waning crescent ,last quarter, first quarter, waxing crescent, and waxing gibbous

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The different shapes of the moon seen from earth are called?

Moon Phases , or Lunar Phases.


How much phases dos the moon have?

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Does the phases of the moon change in winter?

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