Ahead of the full moon, a first-quarter moon will occur on March 6 at 11:31 a.m. After the full moon, a last-quarter moon will occur on March 22 at 7:29 a.m., followed by a new moon on March 29 ...

Think of the phases labeled "new moon," "first quarter," "full moon," and "third quarter" as the numbers 12, 9, 6, and 3 on a clock, respectively. (For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere ...

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.