first quarter
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Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why "quarter", when it's half-lit? And why is this one considered the "first"?”)
Noun[edit]
first quarter (plural first quarters)
- (astronomy) The waxing lunar phase, from new moon to half way between new moon and full moon.
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waxing lunar phase
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