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Two weeks after the waning gibbous phase of the moon you will see a new moon.
an old phase or even a total eclipse
If tonight the phase of the moon is full when it rises what will be the phase 4 days from now is in the waning gibbous stage.
Waxing Gibbous
This question almost deserves to be moved to the "Adds no value" category, since anyone looking up the answer on some day other than the one it was answered (correctly) on will see an answer that is very, very likely to be wrong. Google Calendar includes a moon phase calendar. As do many, if not most, other calendars. Look on one of them.
It depends, because there are different kinds of moon phases.
Tonight the 16th November 2009 is a new Moon, so last night there should have been no Moon visible.
Nov 2 2009 is a full moon
All moon phases look different.
It is first quarter moon, so it will be half full.
That is the first quarter moon which looks like a half moon.