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About the Moon's Phases

What Are Moon Phases?

As the Moon orbits around Earth and Earth orbits around the Sun, the angle between the Sun,
Moon, and Earth changes. As a result, the amount of sunlight that reflects off the Moon and
travels to our eyes changes every day. (The Moon itself produces no light of its own.) 

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We see the Moon’s disk change from all dark to all light to all dark again: This span of time is
called a lunar cycle, lunation, lunar month, or synodic month. The length of the cycle can
vary slightly, but on average, it is 29.53059 days. (See “What’s the Moon’s Age?” below for more
information.) 

Astronomers have broken down this cycle into four primary Moon phases: New Moon, First
Quarter, Full Moon, and Last Quarter. There are also four secondary phases: Waxing
Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous, and Waning Crescent. The primary phases
occur at a specific moment, no matter where you are on Earth, which is then converted to
local time. (Depending on where you live, you may or may not be able to see the exact moment
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This phase is named as such because it starts a new lunar cycle. At this time, the Sun and
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Occasionally, if the new Moon’s position lines up correctly between the Sun and Earth, from
our viewpoint it will cover part or all of the Sun’s disk, causing a solar eclipse. These events
are only visible from a small portion of Earth and require special eye protection to be viewed
safely. (Read more about solar eclipses here!)

The months of some calendars, such as the Chinese lunisolar calendar, begin at the time of the
new (or dark) Moon.
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This phase got its name because at this point the Moon has traveled 1/4 of the way through its
orbit. It’s a confusing label, though, because at this time from our perspective, 1/2 of the
Moon’s surface is lit. In fact, both the first and last quarter phases are sometimes called a Half
Moon. At first quarter in the Northern Hemisphere, the right side of the Moon is illuminated;
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the Moon because the entire illuminated surface is only partly facing our direction. In other
words, the Moon is perpendicular to the Earth/Sun line. During a first quarter phase, the
Moon is said to be at east quadrature, meaning that it is 90 degrees east of the Sun when
viewed from Earth.

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surface until the full Moon phase, when the entire disk is illuminated. In the Southern
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This phase is named as such because, from our perspective, the full disk is illuminated. At this
time, the Sun and Moon are in opposition, meaning that they are farthest apart in the sky, on
opposite sides of Earth (Sun→Earth→Moon). 

Occasionally, if the full Moon’s position lines up correctly with the Sun and Earth, from our
viewpoint, the Moon will enter Earth’s shadow, which will cut off part or all of the sunlight
reflected off the Moon’s surface, thereby causing a lunar eclipse. (Learn more about lunar
eclipses here!)

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This phase got its name because at this point the Moon has traveled 3/4 of the way through its
orbit, and has just one more (the last) quarter to complete one revolution. This stage is
sometimes also called Third Quarter. At this stage, we see 1/2 of the Moon’s surface lit. In the
Northern Hemisphere, the left side is illuminated; in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the right
side. During a last quarter phase, the Moon is said to be at west quadrature, meaning that it is
90 degrees west of the Sun when viewed from Earth.

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stage, in the Northern Hemisphere, we see the Moon’s entire left side almost fully lit and the
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The term "Moon's age" is not a reference to how long the Moon has existed (about 4.5 billion
years, if you're wondering), but rather how many days it's been since the last new Moon. As
mentioned above, the span of time between one new Moon and the next is called a lunar
cycle, lunation, lunar month, or synodic month and on average lasts for 29.53059 days. This
translates to 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 3 seconds.

For most dates in the above Moon Phase Calendar, there is listed at the bottom of the grid cell
a number of days, such as “18 days.” This tells us the amount of days since the previous new
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Moon, or in other words, how many days into the lunar cycle we are—aka, the Moon's age. So,
at the new Moon, that day is “0” (not labeled); the next day, 1 day has passed; and onward until
29 days pass and we are at the next new Moon. You can also find this information in the print
edition of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, in the last (right) column of the Left-Hand Calendar
Pages.

The length of a lunar cycle can vary by more than 13 hours due to a few factors. For example,
when the new Moon phase occurs at about the same the time as perigee (the point in the
Moon’s elliptical orbit that is closest to Earth), shorter lunations result. When the new Moon
phase occurs at about the same time as apogee (when the Moon is farthest from Earth), longer
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Percent illumination, listed in the Moon Phase Calendar under the Moon symbol, tells us how
much of the Moon’s disk is lit, as seen from Earth. Looking at the calendar on this page, you
can see that from new to full, the percentage increases, indicating the waxing stages, and from
full to new, the percentage decreases, indicating the waning stages. The New Moon is 0
percent illuminated (or totally dark); First Quarter is essentially 50 percent illuminated (half of
the disk is lit); Full Moon is 100 percent illuminated (the entire disk is lit); and Last Quarter is
back to essentially 50 percent illuminated (half of the disk is lit).

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We say “essentially” for the quarter phases because technically, at the exact time of the first
quarter, a tiny fraction more than half of the Moon is lit, and at last quarter, a tiny fraction less.
The Moon is exactly half-lit when it reaches dichotomy, which occurs several minutes before
first quarter and several minutes after last quarter. 

When Does the Moon Rise and Set?

Below are general guidelines as to where to look for the Moon during each of its phases. Times
mentioned are solar time, not clock time. The four primary phases (in italics) rise and set at a
point in time; the four secondary phases occur over a broader timespan.
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