The time of day that the Moon rises or sets depends on its phase. This should be obvious when you remember that the phase of the Moon depends on the relative positions of the Sun, Moon and Earth. For example when the Moon is Full it is opposite the Earth from the Sun, so when the Sun sets, the Moon must rise and vice versa. Here is a table summarizing that: Moon phase Moonrise Moonset New Moon Sunrise Sunset 1st quarter Local noon Local midnight Full Moon Sunset Sunrise 3rd quarter Local midnight Local noon By local noon and local midnight I mean the points when the Sun crosses the meridian, and exactly 12 hours later. This can be different from the time on your watch because we define time zones which all use the local time at the centre of the zone.
First Quarter moon rises one quarter day after the sun, or around Noon.
Around noon, plus or minus a bit depending on where in your time zone you live.
Pretty close. The precise time of day when the Moon reaches it's maximum altitude in the sky will depend on the season and on your location (especially your relation to the central meridian un your time zone), and whether Daylight Savings Time is in effect.
But in general, the first quarter moon rises at about noon, and is directly overhead 6 hours later.
Around midnight.
The new moon rises about the same time the Sun does. The first quarter moon rises about noon, and the full moon rises when the Sun sets.
The exact time of these events would depend on where you are within your time zone, and whether you are in an area where Daylight Savings Time is observed.
The semi-circle shape can be the 1st or 3rd quarter. Perhaps you would want to double check, but I believe that if the "flat" side of the shape is facing to the left, that is the 1st quarter; to the right - 3rd quarter.
Could be anything, the two phenomena are not connected. If you meant, what is the phase of the moon when it is at its highest point at sunrise, the answer is it is approximately at 3rd quarter, a half moon facing east.
The four phases of the moon that appear to last 1 or 2 nights are the New Moon, First Quarter, Last Quarter, and Full Moon. The New Moon and Full Moon both occur for one night, while the First Quarter and Last Quarter phases can last for about one to two nights.
A neap tide occurs during the first and third quarter moon phases when the sun and moon's gravitational forces partially cancel each other out. This results in lower high tides and higher low tides compared to normal.
The New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Third Quarter are moments in time, with no duration. The Waxing and Waning Crescents, and the Waxing and Waning Gibbous phases, each last roughly a week.
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Yes, as the moon is orbiting the Earth, the moon rises and sets at different times each day or night. All of the waxing moon phases (i.e. waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous) rise during the daytime before sunset.
1st quarter moon . . . 7.38 days after New Moon Full moon . . . 14.77 days after New Moon 3rd quarter moon . . . 22.15 days after New Moon New Moon . . . 29.53 days after the previous New Moon.
3rd Quarter Moon
Both the 1st Quarter moon and the 3rd (last) Quarter moon can be referred to as the "half moon" since we see half of the sunlit side of the moon.
There are eight moon cycles. They are the full moon, new moon, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, waning gibbous, waning cresent, waxing gibbous and waxing cresent.
The Moon is not visible at the new moon phase. At the first quarter, it is "waxing" - the illuminated portion is increasing. At the full, the illuminated portion of the Moon is 100%, and it is finished waxing and is about to begin "waning", when the illuminated part is decreasing. At the 3rd quarter, it is waning.
A third quarter moon rises around midnight, reaches its highest point in the sky at dawn, and sets around noon. It is visible in the early morning hours.
No. The Moon is about 3rd Quarter tonight, 8/3/2010.
The obviously desired answer is "a half-circle", because you originally saw the 3rd quarter moon, and a week later the Moon would have been new. So after another week, you would see the first-quarter moon. However, if you go outside on a clear evening, you will not see the third-quarter Moon, because the third-quarter Moon does not rise until midnight. So if you saw the third quarter moon high in the sky, it would have been at about 3AM. I don't know about YOU, but I'm hardly ever up at 3AM, and if I am, I'm inside. And if you do not see the Moon at night, all that tells you is that you don't see the Moon. Depending on the time, it may not be up yet, or it may already have set.
No. The Moon was full yesterday, October 22, 2010, and will be just past the 3rd quarter moon on Halloween.
New Moon, Waxing Cresent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Cresent and then it starts all over again.