No they are not. The moon is round so a half moon would be half of the moon showing while a quarter moon would 1 out of 4 parts of the moon.
That's the "First Quarter" moon, but when you look at it, you see 1/2 of thedisk lit up.The name "First Quarter" means that a quarter of the time has passed fromone New Moon to the next ... technically, 7.38 days. (rounded)
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* Dark Moon - Not visible * New Moon - Not visible, or traditionally, the first visible crescent of the Moon * Waxing Crescent Moon - Right 1-49% visible * First Quarter Moon - Right 50% visible * Waxing gibbous Moon - Right 51-99% visible * Full Moon - Fully visible * Waning gibbous Moon - Left 51-99% visible * Third Quarter Moon - Left 50% visible * Waning Crescent Moon - Left 1-49% visible * New Moon - Not visible ref from http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=moon+phases&gwp=13 Rob
It looks like a New Moon and a first Quarter.
One lunar month is 29.53 days, the time taken from one new moon to the next. The first quarter is 7.3825 days from the new moon phase, one quarter of the lunar month. That's about 7 days and 8 hours.
1st quarter moon . . . 7.38 days after New Moon Full moon . . . 14.77 days after New Moon 3rd quarter moon . . . 22.15 days after New Moon New Moon . . . 29.53 days after the previous New Moon.
Yes. A new moon appears as if there is no moon in the sky, but it is actually there.It is the same as the new moon is not visible (too close to the Sun). It is visible later when followed by the Moon's first visible crescentWhen the Sun and Moon are aligned on the same side of the Earth the Moon is "new", and the side of the Moon visible from Earth is not illuminated by the Sun.As the Moon waxes (the amount of illuminated surface as seen from Earth is increasing), the lunar phases progress from new moon, crescent moon, first-quarter moon, gibbous moon and full moon phases, before returning through the gibbous moon, last-quarter (or last quarter) moon, crescent moon and new moon phases.The terms old moon and new moon are interchangeable, although new moon is more common.
New moon."New Moon" follows "waning crescent"New Moon
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The four faces of the moon are called the Phases of the Moon. They are the New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Last Quarter.
Here it is in order: 1. New moon Waxing Crescent 2. 1st Quarter Waxing Gibbous 3. Full Waning Gibbous 4. 3rd Quarter Waning Crescent 1. New Moon
New moon, first quarter, full moon and third quarter.
There is the new moon, first quarter, full moon, and third quarter.
It is most difficult during the New Moon as there is no moonlight.
Full moon,New moon,First quarter,Third quarter or Last quarter.
It takes about 7 days for the Moon to transition from a new moon phase to the first quarter moon phase.