The next moon phase milestone will be the "last quarter moon", which is also known as the third quarter moon. It will occur on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 12:32 p.m. EDT (1732 GMT). Note local moonrise ...

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.

Google's latest Doodle celebrates the third quarter moon phase with a fun interactive card game. The Google Rise of the Half-moon Doodle highlights the different phases of the lunar cycle ...