Is It a Half Moon?
There's No Half-Moon Phase, at Least Not in Any Official Way. .. . First Quarter Moon Means We See Half of the Moon's Day Side (A Quarter of the Whole Moon)...
There's no half-moon phase, at least not in any official way. ... First quarter moon means we see half of the moon's day side (a quarter of the whole moon), and the moon is one quarter of the way through the current orbital cycle.
What type of moon is tonight?
The Moon's current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase.
What is a 1/2 moon called?
If you had two half Moons and fit them together, you'd get a full Moon. But when you're looking at a Half Moon, the official name is “Quarter Moon.” There's no half-moon phase, at least not in any official way. But it appears as half-illuminated.
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