first quarter

phase of the Moon where the lunar disc visible from Earth is 50% lit, on the part pointing to the West
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first quarter

Summary

first quarter is a phase of the moon[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (phase_of_the_moon category, ranking #6 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • first quarter's image is recorded as Phase-090.jpg[3].
  • first quarter's instance of is recorded as phase of the moon[4].
  • first quarter's follows is recorded as waxing crescent moon[5].
  • first quarter's followed by is recorded as waxing gibbous moon[6].
  • first quarter's subclass of is recorded as half moon[7].
  • first quarter's subclass of is recorded as waxing moon[8].
  • first quarter's Commons category is recorded as Waxing half moon[9].
  • first quarter's opposite of is recorded as last quarter[10].
  • first quarter's Unicode character is recorded as 🌓[11].
  • first quarter's Unicode character is recorded as ☽[12].
  • first quarter's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/first-quarter-moon[13].
  • first quarter's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122z7p6c[14].
  • first quarter's icon is recorded as First quarter moon symbol.svg[15].
  • first quarter's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/139[16].

Why It Matters

first quarter draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (phase_of_the_moon category, ranking #6 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). first quarter. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/first-quarter
MLA “first quarter.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/first-quarter.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_first-quarter_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{first quarter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/first-quarter}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): first quarter — https://4ort.xyz/entity/first-quarter (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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