moon cycles
Waxing and waning
Moon cycles refer to the repeating phases the moon passes through as it orbits Earth, from new moon through waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, then waning back to new.
A complete cycle takes about 29.5 days—a lunar month.
The term appears in discussions of tides, agriculture, menstruation, and astrology: She tracks her mood against moon cycles.
- first quarterMoon half-visible, growing
- lunar calendarTimekeeping by moon phases
- last quarterHalf-moon after full
- supermoonNear-orbit lunar spectacle
- tidal forcesDifferential gravitational pull across bodies
selenology · waning gibbous · spring tide · neap tide · moonrise · Hebrew calendar · lunar phases · waxing crescent · lunar eclipse · full · crescent · monthly · waning · fertility · howling · menstrual · new · lunisolar calendar
- Moon thingsmoonlight, craters, lunar eclipse, waxing crescent, lunar surface
- Indigenous Knowledgetraditional knowledge, ancestral wisdom, indigenous medicine, traditional medicine, native medicine
- Moon LoreLuna, Selene, Artemis, Diana, Thoth
- tribal traditionstribal customs, tribal councils, tribal dances, tribal tattoos, medicine men
- folk wisdomproverb, folklore, folk sayings, saying, proverbs
- almanacscalendar, calendars, Farmers Almanac, Old Farmer's Almanac, lunar calendar
moon cyclessolar eclipses
Moon obscuring sunlight briefly
solar year · seasonal cycles · planetary orbits · annual cycle · circadian rhythm
moon cyclesrandom events
Occurrences lacking any cause
linear time · arrow of time · chaos · entropy