<p>Diagram illustrating various <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase" class="extiw" title="w:Lunar phase">phases of the Moon</a> in their order of appearance starting from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Moon" class="extiw" title="w:New Moon">New Moon</a> and progressing through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cresent" class="extiw" title="w:Cresent">Crescent</a>, First Quarter, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbous" class="extiw" title="w:Gibbous">Gibbous</a> to reach the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Moon" class="extiw" title="w:Full Moon">Full Moon</a>. It is followed by Gibbous, Last Quarter and Crescent to complete full circle at the New Moon again.
</p><p>The gray circle around the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" class="extiw" title="w:Earth">Earth</a> shows the Moon's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit" class="extiw" title="w:Orbit">orbit</a>. The dotted gray line illustrates moon's trajectory. The solid ivory line passing through the earth is indicative of Earth's orbit around the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun" class="extiw" title="w:Sun">Sun</a>. Notice that this graphical representation can be misleading, as the Earth &amp; Moon's path around the Sun is actually always concave towards the Sun<a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Moon_trajectory1.png">[1]</a>.
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<dl><dt>Reference</dt>
<dd>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Geographical_Society" class="extiw" title="w:Royal Geographical Society">Royal Geographical Society</a> - (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0540084050" title="Special:BookSources/0540084050">ISBN 0540084050</a>)</dd></dl>
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<dl><dt>GFDL/PD images</dt>
<dd></dd></dl><p>The diagram utilises following GFDL images:
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<ul><li>The Moon: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Moon-001.jpg&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="File:Moon-001.jpg (page does not exist)">Image:Moon-001.jpg</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_PIA00302.jpg" title="File:Moon PIA00302.jpg">Image:Moon PIA00302.jpg</a></li>
<li>The Earth: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_Western_Hemisphere.jpg" title="File:Earth Western Hemisphere.jpg">Image:Earth Western Hemisphere.jpg</a></li></ul>