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What is the phase of the moon when the sunset is near the horizon?
3rd Quarter Moon
Full Moon.
The moon phase that occurs after sunset and before sunrise is the waxing crescent. This phase appears as a thin sliver of light on the right side of the moon. It is considered the beginning phase of the lunar cycle.
At sunset.
It would be a new moon.
The first quarter moon is high in the sky at sunset, but for it to be high in the SOUTHERN sky tells us that you are in the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, the Sun and Moon pass NORTH of the observer.
full moon
Setting in the west at sunrise, or rising in the east at sunset.
Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phase.
The moon phase the is usually found is the waxing crescent moon. This appears above the western horizon a little after sunset.
waxing crescent.