Lunar Phases

The Paschal Full Moon is the first full moon after the Spring equinox on March 21. This full moon determines the date of Easter. The Paschal Full Moon can happen anytime between March 21 and April 19.

During an annular eclipse, the moon phase is usually a "new moon." This means that the moon is positioned between the Earth and the sun, with only a small portion of its illuminated side facing the Earth.

The right half of the moon is illuminated.

Phase of the Moon on 6 February: waxing gibbous with 89% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.

The most recent new moon phase occurred on November 4, 2021. During a new moon, the moon is positioned between the Earth and the sun, which results in the side of the moon facing Earth to be not illuminated.

The Moons Revolution around earth is about 30 days. So if you divide that by 8 (because there are 8 phases) you would get about 3.75 days in between each phase. That is New, Cresent, First Quarter, Gibbous, Full, Gibbous, Third Quarter, Cresent and then once it gets back to New Moon again, its starts over again.

It's about 354 days, which is about 11 days less than a solar year.

The smallest high tides occur during the first and third quarter Moon phases. This is because the gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon are acting at right angles to each other, causing them to partially cancel out and resulting in lower tidal range.

(Restating the question as "What phase of the Moon follows 'waning gibbous'?)

The phase of the Moon which follows 'Waning Gibbous' is 'Last Quarter'. The Gibbous phases are the periods when the Moon is more than 50% illuminated. Waxing being the period when it is approaching Full, and Waning being the period after Full, but before 'Last Quarter'. See Wikipedia entry for "Lunar Phase"

We get high tides and low tides every day, but the size of those highs and lows varies. At new Moon and full Moon, the Sun's and Moon's gravitational pulls reinforce each other so high tides are higher and low tides are lower. To put it another way, the tidal range is greatest at these times. This is called a spring tide.

The First Quarter Moon is the phase of the Moon which is most easily spotted by the casual observer. You see the Moon in this phase in the south as the Sun sets. If the sky is clear at sunset, you can't miss the first quarter Moon. In this phase, the Moon sets at midnight. In a crystal clear sky, you can even see the first quarter Moon a few hours before sunset in the southeast.
the cicle is new moon, waxing crescent,first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning cresent,then new moon again and so on so a first quarter moon is when you can't seehalf the moon.

No. When you think about it, the highest appearance of the moon in the sky
has to take place during the Winter, in either hemisphere.

The moon's orbit is inclined to the ecliptic.
So the highest possible appearance is when the moon is
above the ecliptic AND when the ecliptic is high.

The moon is above the ecliptic for half of every lunar cycle ... 2 weeks out of every 4.
The ecliptic is high at night when it's low during the day ... i.e. in Winter.

The New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Third Quarter are moments in time,

with no duration.

The Waxing and Waning Crescents, and the Waxing and Waning Gibbous phases,

each last roughly a week.

Yes, all the stages of mitosis are identifiable in one side.

We see more of the moon lit when it is a gibbous moon than when it is a crescent moon, so it does seem bigger.

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The new Moon phase and the Full Moon phase are associated with the highest tides on Earth. These tides are called "spring tides".

During these phases Sun, Earth and Moon are more or less in a straight line.

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Full moon at 14th

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The phase of the moon does not change its effect on the tide.

The tide follows the moon by a small fraction of an amount as the moons pull moves the tide forward.

The phase of the moon is a relation of the sun to the moon as viewed from the earth.

While it could be argued that there is more gravitational pull during a new moon because it is more in alignment with the sun or our star at that time.

Our moons orbital path is also tilted at 5.1 degrees in its orbital path, This takes a little over 18.5 years to proceed so every 9.5 years the moon is lined up more directly with our star.

I would say it is at this time that there would be the highest tide. The difference would be be very small!

Almost all of the earth-facing side of the Moon is a pretty good reflector of light, and it would be reflecting starlight all the time, in all phases of the moon. The answer the author of the question is looking for is, "full moon." That happens when the moon is not in the shadow cast by the Earth.The question should read, "reflects sunlight."

Because the moon is in orbit around the earth and the sun is shining on a certain point of the moon. We can see the changes from our perspective. This is similar to a shadow. Sometimes we can only see a sliver of the moon because the sun is almost directly facing the moon and we can't see that side.

Waxing crescent.

(Note: This answer is correct only about 1 week out of every four.)

a new moon is when the moon is forming again and a full moon is when the moon is fully formed

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The new moon is when the Moon is minimally lighted, while the full moon is when the Moon is maximally lighted.