FORESTRY
PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY
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Question
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Last Quarter
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Full Moon
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New Moon
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First Quarter
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Detailed explanation-1: -The rest of the month we see parts of the daytime side of the Moon, or phases. These eight phases are, in order, new Moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent. The cycle repeats once a month (every 29.5 days).
Detailed explanation-2: -The first quarter is about one week after the new moon. Half of the moon is lit on the right in this phase. It is one-quarter of the way around the Earth. The first quarter moon looks like a semi-circle.
Detailed explanation-3: -About 7 days later, or about ¼ the way through its full period, only half the Moon appears lighted (this is sometimes called a first quarter Moon… NOT because of how much appears lighted but because of what fraction of its cycle has passed since the new Moon.