last quarter

noun Astronomy.

the instant, approximately one week after a full moon, when half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun.

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the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, such as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off

the magnitude or brightness of a star as it appears to an observer on the earth

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last quarter

—n
	Compare first quarter one of the four principal phases of the moon, occurring between full moon and new moon, when half the lighted surface is visible

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