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=== Principal and intermediate phases of the Moon === {|class="wikitable" |- !scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Moon phases !scope="col" colspan="2"| Illuminated portion !scope="col" rowspan="2"| Visibility !scope="col" rowspan="2"| Average<br /> moonrise<br /> time{{efn|name=rise|As with sunrise and sunset, there are seasonal variations in the time of moonrise and moonset.}} !scope="col" rowspan="2"| [[Culmination]]<br /> time<br /> (highest point) !scope="col" rowspan="2"| Average<br /> moonset<br /> time{{efn|name=rise}} !scope="col" colspan="2"| Illustrations from !scope="col" rowspan="2"| Photograph<br /> (view from the<br /> Northern Hemisphere) |- !scope="col"| [[Northern Hemisphere|Northern<br /> Hemisphere]] !scope="col"| [[Southern Hemisphere|Southern<br /> Hemisphere]] !scope="col"| [[North Pole|North<br /> Pole]] !scope="col"| [[South Pole|South<br /> Pole]] |-id="newmoon" !scope="row" colspan="2"| [[New Moon]] |colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Disc completely in shade<br /> (lit by [[earthshine]] only) | Invisible (too close to Sun),<br /> except during a total or annular [[solar eclipse]]<br />(when the Moon obscures the Sun disc) |style="text-align:center"| 06:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 12:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 18:00 |colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 0.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:New Moon.jpg|150px]] |-id="waxingcrescent" !scope="row" rowspan="3"| Waxing<br /> moon !scope="row"| Waxing<br/> [[crescent]] | Right side:<br /> (1%β49%) lit disc || Left side:<br /> (1%β49%) lit disc | Late morning to post-dusk |style="text-align:center"| 09:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 15:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 21:00 |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 1.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 7.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Waxing Crescent Moon on 4-1-17 (33627493622).jpg|150px]] |-id="firstquarter" !scope="row"| First<br/> quarter | Right side:<br /> 50% lit disc || Left side:<br /> 50% lit disc | Afternoon and early night |style="text-align:center"| 12:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 18:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 00:00 |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 2.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 6.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Daniel Hershman - march moon (by).jpg|150px]] |-id="waxinggibbous" !scope="row"| Waxing<br/> gibbous | Right side:<br /> (51%β99%) lit disc || Left side:<br /> (51%β99%) lit disc | Late afternoon and most of night |style="text-align:center"| 15:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 21:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 03:00 |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 3.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 5.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Lune-Nikon-600-F4 Luc Viatour.jpg|150px]] |-id="fullmoon" !scope="row" colspan="2"| [[Full Moon]] |colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 100% illuminated disc,<br /> except during a total or partial [[lunar eclipse]]<br />(when the Moon crosses the Earth's shadow) | Sunset to sunrise (all night) |style="text-align:center"| 18:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 00:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 06:00 |colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 4.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:20110319 Supermoon.jpg|150px]] |-id="waninggibbous" !scope="row" rowspan="3"| Waning<br /> moon !scope="row"| Waning<br/> gibbous | Left side:<br /> (99%β51%) lit disc || Right side:<br /> (99%β51%) lit disc | Most of night and early morning |style="text-align:center"| 21:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 03:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 09:00 |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 5.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 3.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:2013-01-02 00-00-55-Waning-gibbous-moon.jpg|150px]] |-id="lastquarter" !scope="row"| Last<br/> quarter | Left side:<br /> 50% lit disc || Right side:<br /> 50% lit disc | Late night and morning |style="text-align:center"| 00:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 06:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 12:00 |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 6.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 2.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Waning gibbous moon near last quarter - 23 Sept. 2016.png|150px]] |-id="waningcrescent" !scope="row"| Waning<br/> crescent | Left side:<br /> (49%β1%) lit disc || Right side:<br /> (49%β1%) lit disc | Pre-dawn to early afternoon |style="text-align:center"| 03:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 09:00 ||style="text-align:center"| 15:00 |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 7.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Moon phase 1.svg|70px]] |style="text-align:center"| [[File:Waning Crescent Moon(7Sep15).jpg|150px]] |}
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