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What is the difference between gibbous and crescent

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A crescent moon is any time less than half the moon is lit by the sun. A crescent moon is going from the third to first quarter. A gibbous moon is any time more than half the moon is lit by the sun. We are in a gibbous moon form the first to third quarter

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