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The first quarter moon occurs after 1/4 of the complete cycle of phases has passed.

So the time remaining until the next new moon is 3/4 of the cycle.

The full cycle of phases repeats with a period of 29.53 days.

3/4 of it = 22.15 days . . . pretty close to 3 weeks plus a day

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