SGH-C The Moon
There are eight named Moon phases (shown in order of occurrence in the diagram below). It takes approximately 30 days (one month) for the Moon to go through a cycle of phases.

New
Moon
Waxing
Crescent
First
Quarter
Waxing
Gibbous
Full
Moon
Waning
Gibbous
Last
Quarter
Waning
Crescent

Did You Know...

...that the month, a commonly used time unit, is derived from the Moon's period of revolution (one orbit) around the Earth? In Old English, the word month was "moonth." In "B" grade westerns (cowboy & indian movies), the indians would tell time by counting cycles of moon phases: an event in the past occurred "many moons ago."
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