How Long Are the Moon Phases?

There are eight different phases the Moon goes through during its orbit around Earth, and an observer on Earth can see a different fraction of the illuminated part of the Moon at each phase. Each of these principal phases lasts a certain amount of time. Waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning crescent, and waning gibbous each […]

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