Re: What's happening with the moon?!

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From: Lloyd Johnson
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:00

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>This bugs me a bit too.  It's just screwey termonology, how "quarter
>moon" = "half moon".  At least noone calls a crescent moon a quarter
>moon because only 1/4 of its Earthside surface is lit by the Sun.  Now
>that would be a real pain in the *ss.  

>Does anyone call the other half moon (the one a week after full moon)
>the three quarter moon?  

First quarter moon means it has completed the first quarter of its'
cycle.  Third quarter moon means it has completed the three quarters
of the cycle.



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From: johnson@mintaka.sdsu.edu (Lloyd Johnson)
Subject: Re: What's happening with the moon?!
Date: 1997/01/20
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