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
New moon
Waxing Gibbous moon
Waning Gibbous is the moon phase that comes after the Full Moon.
Waning Crescent- A+:)
Waned.
Just after the new moon is a waxing crescent.
Waxing Gibbous moon
The First Quarter moon
Waning crescent
Waxing Gibbous Moon!!!
Waning Gibbous is the moon phase that comes after the Full Moon.
Waning Gibbous is the moon phase that comes after the Full Moon.
The new moon comes after the crescent moon
Waning Crescent- A+:)
Waxing crescent comes before the new moon
We consider that the "new moon" is the beginning of the cycle, so the next is "first quarter".
The waxing crescent is the first phase after the new moon.
They're cyclic, so which one comes "first" depends on where you define the start point. One easy way to remember it is that the lighted portion of the moon looks like the letters DOC in that order (with the new moon occuring at both the beginning and end of that sequence).