I'm trying to teach my little girl shape names. The half-moon shape I keep calling 'half-moon' :o) I'm assuming there must be a proper name for it. Thanks!
2007-03-23 04:44:38 · 12 answers · asked by Deb 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
First quarter waxing or last quarter waning.
The three-quarter moons are either waxing or waning gibbous.
The crescent (or 1/8) moons are waxing or waning also.
So the phases in order are:
New
Waxing Crescent
Waxing Quarter
Waxing Gibbous
Full
Waning Gibbous
Waning Quarter
Waning Crescent
New...
Hope this helps!
2007-03-23 05:01:58 · answer #1 · answered by edward_otto@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Half Moon Shape
2016-11-11 00:46:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moon Shape
2016-12-16 11:57:40 · answer #3 · answered by jamshed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Waxing Crescent Moon - Right 1-49% visible
Third Quarter Moon - Left 50% visible
2007-03-23 06:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by Kyle J 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's called a Crescent. An example would be The Red Crescent in the Middle East which is the counterpart of The Red Cross. Since our Muslim brothers/sisters are not too crazy about the cross, they made a delicate substitute for the cross, the crescent. Muslim mosques have a crescent symbol above just like a Catholic Church would have a cross.
2007-03-23 06:11:10 · answer #5 · answered by lycan_888 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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What is the correct name for the half-moon shape?
I'm trying to teach my little girl shape names. The half-moon shape I keep calling 'half-moon' :o) I'm assuming there must be a proper name for it. Thanks!
2015-08-06 06:51:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The proper name is Crescent only of it is a shaped like a C...
I believe a half moon shape would be a semi-circle, or half-circle.
If you're teaching her 3-dimensional shapes, I think it would probably be semi-sphere.
2007-03-23 04:51:05 · answer #7 · answered by xooxcable 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Quarter moon is correct, again, because it is one-quarter of the whole cycle (correct). There's the first quarter and the last quarter. Look on a wall-calendar that has moon phases listed -- you'll see.
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2007-03-23 04:53:09 · answer #8 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Half-moon is SEMILUNE - as per the Chambers Dictionary.
(Edward totally avoided answering the question)
2014-09-30 00:29:00 · answer #9 · answered by Miss Molly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it something like a crescent or technically, first quarter gibbous?
2007-03-23 04:53:02 · answer #10 · answered by matzigrano 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋