half moon
what did the moon look like on friday night
On Friday, the moon was a first quarter moon, also known as a half-moon, where half of the moon's surface is illuminated. This phase occurs roughly one week after the new moon phase.
The last quarter of the Moon occurs when half of the side we see from Earth is illuminated. This phase happens after the waning gibbous phase and before the new moon phase in the lunar cycle.
Last quarter moon comes after the full moon
last-quarter phase
According to "NASA: Moon Phases", it was between full moon and last quarter. Hence it was the "waning gibbous" phase.
The moon phase for Friday, March 2nd, 2018 was a waning gibbous.
The moon phase on Friday, 18 September 2021 was a Waning Crescent.
what did the moon look like on friday night
On Friday, the moon was a first quarter moon, also known as a half-moon, where half of the moon's surface is illuminated. This phase occurs roughly one week after the new moon phase.
On Thursday the 3rd Feb 2011 it was a full Moon. On Friday the 11th Feb 2011 it will be a half Moon. Therefore on Saturday 5th Feb 2011 it was a waning Moon between full and half.
Phase of the Moon on 6 February: waxing gibbous with 89% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
The moon phase for last Wednesday was a waxing crescent, which means the moon is transitioning from a new moon to a first quarter moon.
The moon was in its first quarter phase on Friday, appearing as a half moon. It transitioned to a waxing gibbous phase on Saturday, where it appears more than half full but less than full.
At 12 Noon ET on May 14, 2010, the moon will be just hours past New Moon, and will be 0.7% illuminated. That's about as close to invisible as it gets.
New moon.
The last quarter of the Moon occurs when half of the side we see from Earth is illuminated. This phase happens after the waning gibbous phase and before the new moon phase in the lunar cycle.