With a brand New Moon we see no light
In the dark could hide a scary sight
A Waxing Crescent shows up, to the right a slit
It lights up the dark a bit
First Quarter, also called Half Moon
Nursery rhymes sometimes show a cow singing tunes
The Waxing Gibbous is more than half done
Back on the way to a full moon AND sun
Now comes Full Moon, in all of its' glory
What all it has seen would make for a long story
Waning Gibbous each night fades
Making darker each hidden glade
Third Quarter – half on other side
Our glorious moon spreads far and wide
Waning Crescent now comes last
A sliver on the left shows the entire cycle passed
This all comes and goes around every twenty-nine and a half days
The moon ushers in each coming month, and then sends it away
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