Howling at the moon

I'm a bit of a weather nerd at heart and find all things meteorological fascinating and as we all know, moon phases = tides.

I just discovered that our current moon phase is called 'waxing gibbous' which made me chuckle so did some digging and found some more for the Northern Hemisphere...

Phase
Darkened moon Not visible
New moon Not visible, or traditionally, the first visible crescent of the Moon
Waxing Crescent moon Right 1-49% visible
First Quarter moon Right 50% visible
Waxing gibbous moon Right 51-99% visible
Full Moon Fully visible Fully visible
Waning gibbous Moon Left 51-99% visible
Last Quarter Moon Left 50% visible
Waning Crescent Moon Left 1-49% visible



Image courtesy of wikipedia.