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Term	Definition
full moon	All of the bright side of the moon is visible during this moon
waning gibbous	The phase following a Full Moon; the right side is missing a lttle bit
last quarter	can see half of the lighted side (left).
waning crescent	occurs after the last quarter moon, and before the new moon. (lighted on the left side.)
new moon	where the moon is not reflecting light
waxing crescent	The Moon appears to be partely but lesss taht one-half illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is increasing. (the right side has been lighted up)
first quarter	when you can see half of the sunlit side of the moon(right side)
waxing gibbous	The moon is moving toward the full moon phase, and presently more than a quarter of it is visible on Earth.( missing some off the left)

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