It was a waxing gibbous, but right after a First-quarter moon.
3/4 of the moon
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.
Phase of the Moon on 18 December: waxing crescent with 5% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Phase of the Moon on 19 December: waxing crescent with 10% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. New Moon on 16 December 2009 at 4:03 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
The moon appears as a waxing (growing) crescent for about a week, between the moments of New Moon and First Quarter.
On December 3, 2010, the phase of the moon was a waxing crescent. This means that the moon was transitioning from a new moon to a first quarter moon, with only a small portion of its surface illuminated.
3/4 of the moon
Phase of the Moon on 19 December: waxing crescent with 10% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. New Moon on 16 December 2009 at 4:03 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
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 crescent. (Note: This answer is correct only about 1 week out of every four.)
The "waning gibbous" phase lasts from 2 days after the full to 6 days after the full.
Phase of the Moon on 23 April: waning crescent with 3% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. New Moon on 24 April 2009 at 11:23 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The phase of the Moon is the same for any observer in the world at that time; it all depends on where the Moon is in its orbit.
Phase of the Moon on 18 December: waxing crescent with 5% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Phase of the Moon on 19 December: waxing crescent with 10% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. New Moon on 16 December 2009 at 4:03 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
It's not the same every February. There's no connection between the calendar and themoon's phases.Also, you need to be more specific than simply naming a whole month. The moon goes throughall of its phases in about 29.5 days, so a whole month includes every phase there is.(February is an exception, but only by about 1 day.)In February, 2010, the named phases occur as follows:February 6 . . . Last QuarterFebruary 14 . . New MoonFebruary 22 . . First QuarterFebruary 28 . . Full MoonOn February 4, 2010, the moon was in the waning gibbous phase.At the beginning of 2/4 ... 00:00 GMT, it was 70.9% illuminated.24 hours later, at the end of 2/4 ... 24:00 GMT, it was 60.6% illuminated.
The right half of the moon is illuminated.
Roughly approximately about 29.531 days, which is 4.2187 weeks.
The moon appears as a waxing (growing) crescent for about a week, between the moments of New Moon and First Quarter.
Today, January 1, 2011, the Moon is in the "waning crescent" phase with about 6% of the visible face of the Moon illuminated. There will be a partial solar eclipse on January 4, which can only occur at the precisely "new" moon.