The gibbous phases of the Moon occur when the visible face of the Moon is more than half illuminated, but not fully illuminated.
Waxing gibbous.
Full Moon -> Waxing gibbous phase -> First quarter phase -> Waxing crescent phase -> New moon -> Waning crescent phase -> Last quarter phase -> Wanning gibbous phase -> Full Moon
it is a moon phase
The phase that occurs between the first quarter and the full moon is the waxing gibbous phase. During this phase, the illuminated portion of the moon is increasing in size, moving towards the full moon phase.
A few days after the new moon phase, the Moon willbe visible again in a phase called The waxing gibbous moon.
The moon is in its waning (shrinking) gibbous phase for roughly the week after the Full Moon.
Waxing gibbous.
In a gibbous moon phase, most of the moon that we see is lit.
Full Moon -> Waxing gibbous phase -> First quarter phase -> Waxing crescent phase -> New moon -> Waning crescent phase -> Last quarter phase -> Wanning gibbous phase -> Full Moon
it is a moon phase
It is "waning gibbous".
Waning Gibbous is the moon phase that comes after the Full Moon.
... in the waxing gibbous phase.
waxing gibbous
The next gibbous moon phase occurs when the moon reaches its waxing gibbous phase, which is after the first quarter moon and before the full moon. Typically, this happens around 7-10 days after the new moon.
Waning Gibbous is the moon phase that comes after the Full Moon.
The phase of the Moon that occurs when it is three-quarters full just before the full Moon phase is the waxing gibbous phase. This phase occurs as the Moon is waxing, or growing larger, towards the full Moon.