ANAPIX: Half Moon
There’s no half-moon phase, at least not in any official way. Invariably, when referring to a half moon, observers are looking at a quarter moon. You see a moon that looks half-illuminated, like half a pie. It might be first or last quarter moon, but to astronomers never a half moon.
1/2: ANAPIX – South Africa – Cape Town – 02 June 2021 – Theres no half-moon phase, at least not in any official way. Invariably, when referring to a half moon, observers are looking at a quarter moon. You see a moon that looks half-illuminated, like half a pie. It might be first or last quarter moon, but to astronomers never a half moon. Picture Leon Lestrade. African News Agency/ANA.
2/2: ANAPIX – South Africa – Cape Town – 02 June 2021 – Theres no half-moon phase, at least not in any official way. Invariably, when referring to a half moon, observers are looking at a quarter moon. You see a moon that looks half-illuminated, like half a pie. It might be first or last quarter moon, but to astronomers never a half moon. Picture Leon Lestrade. African News Agency/ANA.
