"First Quarter" is the phase when the moon appears half-illuminated,
and rises and sets roughly 6 hours (1/4 day) after the sun.
a neap tide occurs when the moon is either 1st or 3rd quarter phase.
first quarter
Waxing gibbous
last quarter,crescent,new and first quarter.
They all do, if you just wait long enough. (You never have to wait longer than 29.5 days,because all of the phases repeat with that period.)The phase that immediately follows hard upon the waxing gibous is the Full Moon.
Full Moon -> Waxing gibbous phase -> First quarter phase -> Waxing crescent phase -> New moon -> Waning crescent phase -> Last quarter phase -> Wanning gibbous phase -> Full Moon
The Moon has a lot of phases besides a full moon...there's new moon, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, waning gibbous, waxing gibbous, waning crescent, waxing crescent.
New moon."New Moon" follows "waning crescent"New Moon
The moon phase "waning gibbous" appears after the moon phase "full moon".It becomes the "last quarter" or "third quarter" when the lighted part is exactly 50%of the side facing the Earth.
a 2nd quarter moon is a phase of the moon and the moon goes through 4 phases.
A half moon refers to both the first quarter and the third quarter moon phase.
It is the "waning crescent" phase.
a neap tide occurs when the moon is either 1st or 3rd quarter phase.
As of February 5th, 2010, the moon will enter the Last Quarter, and will enter the New Moon phase as of February 14th. So on February 13th, the moon will still be in the Last Quarter phase.
3rd Quarter Moon
New moon.
Neap Tide is the tide that occurs when the Sun and Moon are in 'quadrature',or 90 degrees apart in the sky. When things are arranged that way, we seethe Moon at either First Quarter or Third Quarter.