The term increasing crescent moon is used to describe the period after a new moon in which less than half of the illuminated half of the moon is visib

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The term increasing crescent moon is used to describe the period after a new moon in which less than half of the illuminated half of the moon is visible from Earth. This transition moon phase ends with the increasing half moon, also called first quarter

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