We already have every possible phase there is. It's impossible to draw a picture
of a phase that the moon does not actually display every 29.5 days.
The complete cycle of moon phases repeats every 29.53 days.
Another new moon and another full moon. And if you catch it just right, all of the other phases are in there too.
There are eight main moon phases: New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, and Waning Crescent.
The NASA web site has a table of phases of the Moon at http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/data-services/phases-moon It doesn't matter where YOU are for the phases of the Moon; this table is the same for everyone.
The Moon's phases.
There are only 8 phases of the moon.
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The stages of the Moon, are referred to as the 'Phases of the Moon'.
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3 to 5 phases
The complete cycle of moon phases repeats every 29.53 days.
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