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How long does it take from the new moon phase to the first quarter phase

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The complete cycle of Moon phases takes 29.53 days.

The "First Quarter" has that name because it's one quarter of the time
from one New Moon until the next one.

So that's always close to (0.25 x 29.53) = 7.38 days ... essentially 1 week.
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