SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -A few days after new moon, we see a thin crescent in the western evening sky. The crescent Moon waxes, or appears to grow fatter, each night. When half of the Moon’s disc is illuminated, we call it the first quarter moon . This name comes from the fact that the Moon is now one-quarter of the way through the lunar month.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Moon is there, but the side that’s reflecting the Sun’s light is facing away from Earth. As the Moon moves around Earth in its orbit, the light reflecting off the side of the Moon creates a sliver of shape. This is a crescent moon.

Detailed explanation-3: -The reason this phase is called the First Quarter is that the Moon has completed 1/4 of its orbit around the Earth. This phase of the Moon is also known as a Half Moon because only half of the Moon is visible.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bottom line: The first quarter moon occurs halfway between new moon and full moon. One quarter of the moon is visible from Earth, meaning that you see half of the daylit side of the moon, looking like half a pie.

Detailed explanation-5: -The First Quarter Moon As it grows thicker, the Moon reaches a new phase in the lunar cycle. The first quarter, commonly called half moon, appears to us as if half of the Moon is illuminated. Nevertheless, the Moon is still between one-quarter and halfway through its cycle.