first quarter
Moon's waxing semicircle
First quarter refers to the phase of the moon when half its visible surface is illuminated, occurring roughly a week after the new moon.
The term also designates the first three months of a fiscal or calendar year: Sales were strong in the first quarter.
In sports like basketball and football, it's the opening period of play.
- lunar phaseCyclical satellite appearance
- waxingCoating for shine
- waxing crescentMoon phase showing enlarging arc
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- half-moonPartially lit lunar phase
lunar cycle · fiscal year · kickoff · halftime score · gibbous · budget planning · business cycle · moonphase · game clock · starting point · lunar · revenue · tide · financial · growth · period · budget · enrollment period
- game beginningsearly game, early innings, early stage, kickoff, tipoff
- business quartersQ1, Q2, Q3, Q4
- astronomical tablesephemeris, astronomical tables, moon phases, lunar phases, sunset times
- game periodshalf, period, inning, set, round
- lunar cyclesfull moon, new moon, crescent moon, half moon, waxing crescent
- time periodsday, year, month, week, hour
first quarterthird quarter
75% through a cycle
last quarter · full moon · waning moon · full · waning gibbous
first quarterlast quarter
Half-moon after full
fourth quarter · third quarter · Q4 · end · final
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