"First Quarter" is the phase when the moon appears half-illuminated,
and rises and sets roughly 6 hours (1/4 day) after the sun.
a neap tide occurs when the moon is either 1st or 3rd quarter phase.
first quarter
Waxing gibbous
last quarter,crescent,new and first quarter.
They all do, if you just wait long enough. (You never have to wait longer than 29.5 days,because all of the phases repeat with that period.)The phase that immediately follows hard upon the waxing gibous is the Full Moon.
The semi-circle shape can be the 1st or 3rd quarter. Perhaps you would want to double check, but I believe that if the "flat" side of the shape is facing to the left, that is the 1st quarter; to the right - 3rd quarter.
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 takes about 7 days for the Moon to transition from a new moon phase to the first quarter moon phase.
The phase of the moon that follows the waning gibbous phase is the third quarter phase. During this phase, half of the moon is illuminated, and it appears as a half-moon. The third quarter occurs roughly a week after the full moon and signifies the moon's transition towards the new moon phase.
New moon."New Moon" follows "waning crescent"New Moon
The moon phase "waning gibbous" appears after the moon phase "full moon".It becomes the "last quarter" or "third quarter" when the lighted part is exactly 50%of the side facing the Earth.
A half moon refers to both the first quarter and the third quarter moon phase.
It is the "waning crescent" phase.
The moon phase you are describing is the waning gibbous phase. This occurs after the full moon and before the third quarter moon when the illuminated portion of the moon is decreasing.
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 neap tide occurs when the moon is either 1st or 3rd quarter phase.
The moon phase you are describing is the waxing crescent phase. During this phase, less than half of the moon is illuminated, and the visible portion is increasing as it progresses toward the first quarter phase. The illumination grows as the moon orbits the Earth, moving away from the new moon phase.