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Moon Phases, Their Descriptions & Their Names:
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Waxing Crescent Moon - As the Moon moves around the Earth, we get to see more and more of the illuminated half, and we say the Moon is waxing. At first we get a sliver of it, which grows as days go by. This phase is called the crescent moon. |
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Quarter Moon - A week after the new moon, when the Moon has completed about a quarter of its turn around the Earth, we can see half of the illuminated part; that is, a quarter of the Moon. This is the first quarter phase. Also called 1st quarter Moon. |
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Waxing Gibbous Moon - During the next week, we keep seeing more and more of the illuminated part of the Moon, and it is now called waxing gibbous (gibbous means "humped"). |
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Full Moon - Two weeks after the new moon, the moon is now halfway through its revolution, and now the illuminated half coincides with the one facing the Earth, so that we can see a full disk: we have a full moon. As mentioned above, at this time the Moon rises at the time the Sun sets, and it sets when the Sun rises. If the Moon happens to align exactly with the Earth and Sun, then we get a lunar eclipse. |
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Waning Gibbous Moon - From now on, until it becomes new again, the illuminated part of the Moon that we can see decreases, and we say it's waning. The first week after full, it is called waning gibbous. |
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Last Quarter Moon - Three weeks after new, we again can see half of the illuminated part. This is usually called last quarter. Also called 3rd quarter Moon. |
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Waning Crescent Moon - Finally, during the fourth week, the Moon is reduced. |
January - Wolf Moon February - Snow Moon or Storm Moon
March - Worm Moon April - Pink Moon or Seed Moon
May - Flower Moon or Hare Moon June - Strawberry Moon or Dyad Moon
July - Buck Moon or Mead Moon August - Sturgeon Moon
September - Harvest Moon October - Hunter's Moon or Blood Moon
November - Beaver Moon or Snow Moon December - Cold Moon or Oak Moon
Blue Moon - When 2 full moons occur in a lunar month the 2nd full moon is called a Blue Moon
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2011 Moon Phase Dates:
First
quarter March 12,
2011
Full
moon March
19, 2011
Last quarter March 26, 2011
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New
moon April 03,
2011
First
quarter April 11,
2011
Full
moon
April 17, 2011
Last quarter April 24, 2011
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New
moon May 03,
2011
First
quarter May 10,
2011
Full
moon
May 17, 2011
Last quarter May 24, 2011
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New
moon
June 01, 2011
First
quarter June 08,
2011
Full
moon
June 15, 2011
Last quarter June 23, 2011
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New
moon
July 01, 2011
First
quarter July 08,
2011
Full
moon
July 15, 2011
Last
quarter July
22, 2011
New moon July 30, 2011
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First
quarter
August 06, 2011
Full
moon
August 13, 2011
Last
quarter
August 21, 2011
New moon August 28, 2011
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First
quarter
September 04, 2011
Full
moon
September 12, 2011
Last
quarter
September 20, 2011
New moon September 27, 2011
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First
quarter
October 03, 2011
Full
moon
October 11, 2011
Last
quarter
October 19, 2011
New moon October 26, 2011
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First
quarter
November 02, 2011
Full
moon
November 10, 2011
Last
quarter
November 18, 2011
New moon November 24, 2011
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First
quarter
December 02, 2011
Full
moon
December 10, 2011
Last
quarter
December 17, 2011
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