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Waxing crescent.
New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent, and back to new moon and so forth. so new moon
The New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Third Quarter are moments in time, with no duration. The Waxing and Waning Crescents, and the Waxing and Waning Gibbous phases, each last roughly a week.
Just remember that New Moon is the start, waxing means growing, waning is shrinking. This might be silly, but remember the word "relaxing". The letter R (and it rhymes with waxing) stands for growing on the RIGHT side. New Moon Waxing crescent First quarter waxing gibbous Full Moon Waning gibbous Last quarter Waning crescent
NM, WC, FQ, WG, FM, WG, LQ, WC. (not sure why this is important) New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent.
Waxing crescent.
The waxing crescent moon phase occurs between New Moon and First Quarter.
First Quarter, then waxing gibbous.
Waxing crescent
A waxing crescent.
New moon."New Moon" follows "waning crescent"New Moon
First Quarter
First Quarter
The moon appears as a waxing (growing) crescent for about a week, between the moments of New Moon and First Quarter.
New, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent.
A first quarter moon is different from a waxingcrescent because a first quarter moon is half full of the the moon and a waxing crescent in only a little wedge of the Moon
Between full moon and third quarter is called "waning gibbous."