first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent. As the moon orbits Earth, the sun illuminates different parts of the lunar surface, creating the ...

The Moon reaches a Waning Gibbous (Disseminating Moon) when the light shed on the Moon disseminates with time. The Waning Gibbous proceeds to the third quarter of the Moon phase. The third quarter of ...

first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent. This cycle repeats once every 29.5 days. Earth's only natural satellite is simply called ‘the ...