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A full lunar cycle or synodic month lasts almost a month (about 29.5 days), and during that time the moon goes from new to crescent to first quarter to gibbous to full to gibbous to third quarter to crescent and back to new. However, a "full moon," a "new moon," and a "half moon" (first and third quarter) are instants, not periods of time. ................
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