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phase of the moon

shape of the sunlit portion of the Moon as viewed from Earth
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phase of the moon
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Summary

phase of the moon ranks in the top 0.47% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,748 views/month, #367 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: condition[2], planetary phase[3]
  • Commons category: Lunar phases[4]
  • Unicode character: ☽[5], ☾[6]
  • Has part(s): new moon[7], waxing moon[8], full moon[9], waning moon[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Phases of the Moon[11]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox moon phase[13]

Why It Matters

phase of the moon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 117 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Gujin Tushu Jicheng
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1fdPpj
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → new moon, waxing moon, full moon +1
    Subclass of → —
    Has parts → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4705199
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007543531005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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